Daddy Left Paul Shapera

[Intro: Child on Mannequin's Screen]
Past the world, past the night
Past the stars where seabirds fly
Past your dreams to toil and shore
Where we will meet again once more

[Verse 1: John O'Brien]
I sat beside your bed on the night before I left
While you slept, I had my say
I know I had some drinks, I explained you everything
About why I couldn't stay

My anger and my grief, liquor, pain, and broken dreams
I was no good for you, babe
They offered me a way to quench my thirst for blood and rage
And so daddy went away

[Chorus: John O'Brien]
Your daddy went away
Your daddy went away
The hole in which I fell, didn't want for you as well
So daddy went away

[Verse 2: John O'Brien]
I became the hand of karma, of wrath and fire and fodder
The terror in their night
The monster in the basement, the ogre of damnation
And the man inside died