Left This Way

Let me set the stage, little boy growing up at home Daddy up and left his mom and him alone Neither of them know where they ever gonna go Little boy getting scared, he don't wanna be alone Mama got his hand, said, son, look at me You're gonna be a man and you are all I need The boy looked back and said, mom, I'm gonna be The man to take care of you, you're gonna see I'm sorry that I left this way And that I never had the words to say To make you feel like I'm worth the wait To you, I know I will never be great I'm sorry that I let you down I wanted you to wear a crown I let my heart get too loud And now it don't make a sound A couple years go by and the boy's been in school He just wanna fit in, he wanna be cool But he knows something's missing as he listens to the kids Talking about their father's take em' fishing, wish he did Have someone to be there for his mama when she old But the story of his dad is something that he never told To all the other kids cause they wouldn't understand He wonders if he'll ever learn to be a man I'm sorry that I left this way And that I never had the words to say To make you feel like I'm worth the weight To you, I know I will never be great I'm sorry that I let you down I wanted you to wear a crown I let my heart get too loud And now it don't make a sound Fast forward to a young man growing up, aging The vision he used to have of being a man's changing He thought he couldn't cry so he buried all the pain That he had deep inside since his father went away Nobody cared to know him and he never knew love Cause nobody would show him he never thought he was enough And then one day his mama got a call 911, they said your son has had a fall I'm sorry that I left this way And that I never had the words to say To make you feel like I'm worth the wait To you, I know I will never be great I'm sorry that I let you down I wanted you to wear a crown I let my heart get too loud And now it don't make a sound Now the son's gone and the mama's all alone All she had to live for, he was all she ever known Now he's singing from the sky that he's sorry that he left While the mama's thinking about the time she heard his first breath Nobody knew his issue cause nobody cared to speak Nobody told him he was strong, he thought he was weak He never heard hope spoken to him ever So maybe we should speak before someone is gone forever