Doing Things Right

Hold your head high
Don't you cry
I'm raising men
Not children
Wipe your eyes

Arrows out
Pick up your cross
My child
Don't be selfish
Give me a smile

I'm tired
Of doing things right
I'm alone
Every damn night

I'm just a kid
Who followed
The painful ways
Of his mother and father

Now there's a girl
Who's gone pulling at strings
She don't understand

The other ends
Are tied so tight
To heavy things
Deep inside
This woeful man

She's sticking her salty hands
In a gaping wound
She thinks she's just
Patting his back
And saying hello

But the truth is he's tired
Of doing things right
The truth is he's alone
Every damn night

He's just a kid
Who followed
The painful ways
Of his mother and father

He's gonna change his ways
And shatter DNA
In a breathtaking display

May the bridges he burns
Light the way
To a shining new hope
And a home where he is safe



Credits
Writer(s): Sampson Alvarado
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