09.) Jordan Copas - Dear Father (Lyrics)

DEAR FATHER

INTRO:

IM NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / IM NOT LOOKIN FOR APOLOGIES / 
IM NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / AND IM NOT LOOKIN FOR YOUR SORRIES

VERSE 1:

YOUR DEAD CAME OUTTA MY MOUTH! / 
I WAS HARBORING HATE IN MY HEART CAUSE YOU WAS NEVER AROUND / 
YOU'RE MY DAD AND I GOTTA HONOR YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU WAS WRONG / 
BITTERNESS CAME IN AND IT TOOK SO LONG FOR ME TO FORGIVE YOU AND TO PUT IT UP IN THIS SONG / 
I HEARD THAT YOU WAS NOT DOING GOOD / 
ITS BEEN A LONG TIME AND IT HURTS SO BAD AND I WISH WE COULD / 
RECONCILE AND REUNITE GO TO THE COURT AND PLAY BALL / 
GET SOME FOOD GO FISHING, LIVE A LITTLE BIT, TALK A LITTLE BIT, GO TO THE MOVIES GO TO THE MALL / 
I WROTE A LETTER THIS YEAR, 
I DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO SEND IT TO AND OVERCOMING ME WERE THESE FEARS, 
FLOODING ME WITH THEM TEARS / 
CAUSE YOU REALLY DO NOT KNOW ME, AND I REALLY DO NOT KNOW YOU / 
BUT I WANNA BRIDGE THE GAP AND COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT REAL MEN DO / 
AND TIME KEEPS GOIN . . . / 
THE WORLD KEEP SPINNING . . ./ 
AND IM NOT KNOWING . . . / 
WHAT TO EXPECT ANYMORE FORGIVE ME I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU LIVING

HOOK:

I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / I'M NOT LOOKING FOR APOLOGIES / 
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR SORRIES // 
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / 
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / I PUT IT ALL BEHIND "DEAR FATHER" FORGIVE ME TOO

BACKGROUND HOOK:

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?

VERSE 2:

I SINNED AGAINST YOU TOO / 
I WANNA COME BY YOUR SIDE AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT I LOVE YOU BETTER YET I WANNA SHOW YOU / 
I SENT THE LETTER OFF TO YOUR MOM THOUGH I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE / 
I HOPE GRANNY GETS IT YOUR WAY AND WHEN YOU GET IT YOU SMILE / 
FORGIVE ME DAD I KNOW I'VE DONE WRONG A SON LOOKING DOWN ON YOU MUST HURT 
I JUDGED YOU I DIDNT LOVE YOU I REALLY WANTED YOU DOWN IN THE DIRT / 
EVERY SINGLE DAY I BLESS A SNEEZE BUT I DO NOT BLESS YOU DAD / 
WHY BRING YOU DOWN WHEN I CAN LIFT YOU UP HOPE IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE / 
... NOT JUST FOR ME / 
.. YEAH THIS IS FOR YOU / 
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE WRONG IT CAN BE WIPED AWAY THIS IS TRUE, YES / 
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN / BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN / 
WE OWED A DEBT AND ITS LARGE / BUT WE COULD NOT PAY IT BACK / 
SO JESUS TOOK OUR INABILITY AND PLACED IT UP ON HIS BACK / 
I'M SORRY WAS NOT NEEDED FOR THE LORD TO TAKE OUR PLACE / 
WERE SINFUL MEN AND HE KNOWS IT UNDESERVING OF HIS LOVE AND GRACE

HOOK:

I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / I'M NOT LOOKING FOR APOLOGIES / 
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR SORRIES // 
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / 
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / I PUT IT ALL BEHIND "DEAR FATHER" FORGIVE ME TOO

BACKGROUND HOOK:

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /

BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?