Tonight on Facebook, Scotty Smith (speaking at gMan Orlando April 2010) posted a link to Scott Roley's (gMan Atlanta 2009 speaker) video "The Old Man" - scottroley.com
Interestingly enough, Scott Roley sang on a song of mine years ago called "For The Fathers".
Prayers for change. Praises for mercies given.
Audio here (MP3): http://harveykirkpatrick.com/music/first_glimpse/forthefathers.mp3
Lyrics:
For The Fathers - Harvey Kirkpatrick
The November rain was never as cold as Daddy's curt remark
But it beats the silent responses he's been giving to his Mommie's starved heart
Someone said you could read her like a book and see, the pain between the lines
And it is sad how one learns to live with heartache with the passage of time
Daddy shuffles through a wayward world without a clue to his family's role
Hard to blame a man who's expected to know it all, but never was told
How to love a woman as Christ loved the church and count it joy for her to die
Or how to teach a son about tenderness, and it's quite alright to cry
Yes, it's quite alright to cry.
Chorus:
For the fathers who've wandered and the father's who've lied
To themselves, to each other, to the one Who's died
To bring us to the Father that is All that we're not
Repentant in heart, we pray You've got to change us
O change. O change us... You've got to change us.
Ought to be some monument to the latch-key kid, since he wears the pants in the home
While Mommy's proving self and Daddy's amassing wealth, he raises himself on his own
Catch him picking through the rubbish of teen mag heroes that he dreams of being someday
In the light of the chromatic tube, he wonders if life was meant to be this way
If you didn't have a model of virtue, it's hard to know just what you missed
Could have been the stoic who regiments and finds it strange to give a kiss
Or the Cats-In-The-Cradle father who's having an affair with the front door
Or perhaps things even worse, that have hurt you a lot, lot more
Yes, they hurt a lot, lot more
Chorus Twice
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