Victoria (Dear. Daddy)

[Verse 1:] You're drinking again Daddy please stop, can't you see the pain we're all in? Daddy I'm not one to complain but could you please stop talking so profane? At first you had beer slain and then it was every now and again But anymore there's a full case in the fridge Ya get an itch, open a bottle and throw a major fit Look me in the eye and say I'm a little bitch But that's okay, I've been called worse No curse word you can blurt will make me wanna disperse Away, at the end of the day you still my daddy and I love you Even if I think you don't feel the same way And every single day I struggle, but never forget to pray That someday you'll change Put down the bottle, stop acting deranged Exchange the booze and the yelling for some bedtime story telling Is my argument very compelling? Or am I making you more angry by quote "rebelling" Daddy I'm sorry I'm sorry [Verse 2:] Daddy, oh daddy do you know how hard it is To go to school with a big black eye and have to lie and say I got hit by a high fly Ball, and have the teachers and my friends scrutinizing every detail of my white lie? Daddy I know that you're upset but why do you resort to violence? Why has our family fallen so amiss? Why do you act like such a thug and a roughen? I really wish you wouldn't hit... Have you seen what a mess you've turned mommy into? She doesn't trust any man anymore, all because of you She's warned us all to never marry, we'll never push through the abuse We're better off dying alone than being forced to live with a human cyclone But I think that she's wrong Men aren't the enemy, no not in the least It's the poisonous substances that bring out the beast from an otherwise non-religious priest If the alcohol consumption level is decreased then maybe the violence will finally cease What do you say daddy? Will you put down the bottle for one night as a family? [Verse 3:] This can't be real, this can't be happening Daddy why on earth are you strangling mommy!? And what do you mean you're only practicing!?! You keep battling this family and it's like you're abandoning us! I guess you never really cared even once about us So Daddy, now I have to confess I no longer love you, I can't handle all this stress when I'm only six I thought giving up alcohol would fix this mess but you still had to get your kicks Put down the bottle and picked up the pipe Started going to the street corner to get your fix And now that you're under the influence of some nasty things You're at least 200x worse than in the prior verse Daddy I know you think of us as too weak But two weeks ago we were sitting and laughing altogether Embracing and hugging, I admit I wished it could last forever But since then the weather took a turn for the worse and along with went your attitude And it's left me so confused Mommy, what's a prostitute, and how come Daddy keeps talking about a house of ill repute? Hey sissy, what's a lawsuit? Mommy said she filed one but I don't know what it all means She said something about Daddy being in big trouble with the State Is it because he went on all those blind dates? Or maybe because he made fun of you and your body weight? Wait Daddy hasn't been home for three weeks straight Mommy, are finally rid of him? Are we finally free? We're finally free