Rick Springfield: My father's chair [lyrics]

Rick Springfield: My father's chair [lyrics]

Rick Springfield

My father's chair

My Father's Chair still standing there 

All alone since the long night 

Now it's three years on and I still feel 

He'll come home, we'll be alright 

So where's this healing time brings 

I was told the pain would ease 

But it still hurts like the first night

That night my brother, my mother and I 

Were looking up at a distant star 

And wishing we could reach that far 

And back in the house 

And alone for the first time 

We told each other we cared 

We avoided My Father's Chair

I watch my family, we hold on 

We are strong and we'll be alright 

The clock continues counting down, all the while 

And every child will share the long night 

But do the spirits meet again 

Why am I still so filled with doubt 

Is my soul everlasting

And the far distant future 

When I knew you'd be gone 

Came too fast and stays too long 

Why do they leave the weak of spirit 

And take the strong

When the world turns sour 

And I get sick from the smell 

And I can't find no comfort there 

I climb into My Father's Chair