The man I'll never know.

I never got to know the sound of your voice,

A daddy's embrace I'd never call home.

Your name was always a secret id whisper at night,

When the world was silent and I was all alone.

I'd find photos of you hidden away in a dusty drawer,

A younger man I'd never met before.

They all began to fade like leaves in the rain,

And yet I held onto them like they could explain.

How do you say goodbye to a man you didn't know,

One who left me here to stand all alone.

Now you're in the breeze, in the winds soft cry,

Joining the ancestors as they dance in the sky.

Sometimes I sit and wonder,

what you'd say if you were here.

Would you tell me not to cry now,

Would you wipe away my tears.

You're a shadow that I could never see,

Just a name in the stories they told to me.

The chords of my heart strum a broken tune,

I see you now in the stars, in the moon.

How do you say goodbye to a man you didn't know,

One who left me here to stand all alone.

Now you're in the breeze, in the winds soft cry,

Joining the ancestors as they dance in the sky.

If I could have just one single day,

To hear your voice, to know what you'd say.

So I'll light a candle and whisper your name,

In the quiet moments, I'll shoulder the blame.

How do you say goodbye to a man you didn't know,

One who left me here to stand all alone.

Now you're in the breeze, in the winds soft cry,

Joining the ancestors as they dance in the sky.

For the questions unanswered, a love never shown,

I'll say a silent prayer, for a man never known.

How do you say goodbye to a man you didn't know,

One who left me here to stand all alone.

Now you're in the breeze, in the winds soft cry,

Joining the ancestors as they dance in the sky.