My dad used to smack me ‘round
Whenever he thought I was being bad
Seems like that was most of the time
I mean him hitting me when he got real, real mad
I was kind of puny
Couldn’t put up much of a fight
And whenever he wasn’t beating on me
I lived in constant fright
That’s no way for a kid to be
No way for a kid to be
Such was the thing with my dad and me
My dad and me
He was downright cruel
This unfit dad of mine
What he did to me was not at all cool
This unfit dad of mine
My dad packed quite a wallop
With a paddle made out of Brazilian ebony
He wailed that thing on my ass
Yeah, really beat the tar outta me
Tried to take it like a man
But I was just a little boy
And I could see from that look in his eye
That the beating me brought him twisted joy
That’s no way for a kid to be
No way for a kid to be
Such was the thing with my dad and me
My dad and me
My dad used terrorize me
With that steely glint in his gray eyes
He looked to me as a goddam mountain
And I was pint-size
I would run and duck for cover
When he came home from work
He had a couple of beers or three
And then start acting like a fucking jerk
That’s no way for a kid to live
No way for a kid to live
It’s not something I can easily forgive
This thing with my dad and me
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