George Duke - A Song of My Father lyrics

I wanted you to be my hero I saw the way we were as law Yet the rules were always changing I learned that trusting was a flaw So I accepted consolation Set my soul in compromise Give up to others expectations And never looked inside my eyes And I staked my life on the music I put my hear to the pen And tried not to dance to the same old tune Again and again and again And for all that we've been through I do love you There are bonds that can't be broken There's the truth of who we are We share a family heirloom Your wound became my scar And it toughens my defenses But it's not my destiny For my life's been marked by miracles One of them is you and me And I stake my life on the music I put my heart to the pen And try not to dance to the same old tune Again and again and again And because of all that we've been through I do love you