A Daughter Growing Up Without Her Father
Wasn't I worth the time? A boy needs a daddy like a dance to mime And all the time, I looked up to you I paced my room a million times And all I ever got was one big line The same old lie, how could you? Well, I was eighteen years and still talkin to myself Where were you Where'd you go Daddy, can't you tell, no And I'm not tryna fake it and I ain't the one to blame No, there's no one home in my house of pain And I didn't write these pages and my scripts been rearranged No, there's no one home in my house of pain - House of Pain by Faster Pussycat released on their 1989 album Wake Me When It's Over What a powerful song. This one was definitely one of the many anthems of my angst-ridden teen years. Faster Pussycat put into words what thinking about my father did to me, much better than I could at that time. The pain and anger in Taime Downe's voice was a living expression of my own feelings. This song was Emo way before Emo was cool. I am real...