Self Made Man Self Made Man ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I never knew my father As well as I thought I should I tried to be a good son Hoped I made him proud In the best way I could Spent half my #life visiting The other half convincing Myself that’s just the way it is That I was and that I am good ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m a self made man Though that was Never really the plan If I could have made the choices They wouldn’t have been the same Everybody knows a child’s voice is Never ever weighed the same as It’s hard to know how to be A shining knight, an armored man When you’re just the pawn being Played in someone else’s game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I never had the role model That I always hoped I would I tried to fake my way through #life and love and prayed In the best way I could Spent half of my #life off course The other half in divorce Convincing my babies that They would be and are so good ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m a self made man Though that was Never really the plan If I could have made the choices They wouldn’t have been the same Everybody knows a child’s voice is Never ever weighed the same as It’s hard to know how to be A shining knight, an armored man When you’re just the pawn being Played in someone else’s game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The eternal struggle The internal juggle Of a man who never grew up I see that little boy Looking up to me Looking for the man I could never be Neither of us knowing.... Which way was up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m a self made man Though that was Never really the plan If I could have made the choices They wouldn’t have been the same Everybody knows a child’s voice is Never ever weighed the same as It’s hard to know how to be A shining knight, an armored man When you’re just the pawn being Played in someone else’s game