A Tribute to Dads
Sep 04, 2020![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/blogs/22170/images/OJMGSdT3RcWGRi0xVCmN_Pete_his_Dad.png)
It’s Father's Day in Australia this weekend. There might be many of you that can’t get to see or connect with them because of your isolation/lockdown situation. Some may have passed since last Father's Day. I lost my father when I was 10 years old. I wrote this some time after to try and express how much I missed him…and still do.
Dad, I need some advice
Is it a Ford or a Rover I can’t tell
The other kids, they know very well
Which classes to take?
Should I bake a cake?
Dad, I need some advice
When to come home 11 or 10?
It’s my choice since I don’t know when
Is she good enough?
Girlfriends and all that stuff
Dad, I need some advice
Mum’s at the edge and she took the step
How do I bring her back help, help, help
Never a day goes by without a tear in my eye
Dad, I need some advice
The years have passed slow or it seems so
Questions unanswered, shadowed sunbeams
Just to talk even to silently walk
Dad…
Sometimes I feel your guiding hand
Making me listen to a different band
Are you sure? Intentions are pure
Dad, I need some advice
Instead of asking I’m now being asked
Time for my soul to be unmasked
She’s looking at you through me thinking what will I be?
Asking “Daddy, I need some advice
It’s time to go, time to depart
Except, that is, for my burning heart
Don’t mind if I do sit down with you
Dad, I‘ll heed your advice
To all the types of Dad out there - past, present and future – I salute you.
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