Boy To A Man

Father dear father I must have loved you But to hear you Hurt my mother Made me want To hate you I should have been able To look up to you like all sons do But all I wanted to do Was hurt you I'd lie in bed awake And hear my mothers cries All I could do Was try find a world without you We feared you We fled you But we could Never escape you Untill one dark night I stopped you And saw the fear In your eyes I went from boy to a man To stop my mothers cries I still look back with sadness But I can still see my mothers pride As I stand by her side Boy to a man In loving memory to my mother