Father's Rights

from Mystic Chain Park by Kevin Stairiker

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hey dad, is it cool if i have a friend over?
could we sit up on the seat?
"no, you are six and i'm hungover in the heat"
a father has a right to have no responsibility
to get arrested in the street no harm, no foul
to get arrested in the street, where's the foul?

oh god, we're gonna do the visitation thing
go to a diner, you're tall enough to turn the tv to dbz
a father has a right to not be seen
and now it's year sixteen, what's the rush?
and now it's year sixteen, well, you know the rest

would you believe the internet tracks your every ping?
wish i could forget most everything
a father has a right to run away
breakneck towards the grave and await the day
some kid drives two hours and fifteen minutes to say
nothing

i get knocked down, then i get up again
you're never gonna keep me down
i wondered why you didn't call again
was it something i did brought you down?
i feel so down, then i get right again,
this won't always keep me down
I'd knock you out, but then i think again
you never taught me how to fight
let's adjourn for now

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from Mystic Chain Park, released November 2, 2018

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