Peter Bradley Adams - A Face Like Mine lyrics

I never knew my father He left when I was young They say he was a proud man As good as they come He left like all the others When no work could be found He smiled and told my mother I won’t let you down The autumn turned to winter And the light left her eyes No footsteps on the front porch No word of him arrived A promise torn to pieces And tossed to the ground Though at night she grieved him She never made a sound I know he had a reason I know a man can get lost Whatever he believed in I know he suffered the cost His picture’s almost faded But I filled in the lines And nothing’s unforgiven So father don’t you cry Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Now the years have found me With a child of my own Another generation That must carry the load But somewhere there’s a memory In the back of my mind I see my father smiling With a face like mine Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh