My dad is almost home
I can't tell time yet, but I know
Because the air becomes electric
and my mother cleans the stove
He'll walk in through the door,
and both my eyes will find the floor
And I will search my brain
to find something I might get yelled at for
He'll come in with a frown and tell me,
"Sit your ass right down"
Or he might get his kicks from joking
that he's just playin' around
And in a few years, I will leave,
but I'll perpetually believe
That any man who says
he loves me is hiding something up his sleeve
Wash me in the water
You can cut off all my hair, and I'll be
Changing like the weather, but I'll never be like him
The other girls date older guys
and wear their T-shirts late at night
But everything I own that's oversized
belongs to me, it's mine
And I don't have souvenirs of all the earliest of years
I know my father isn't dead,
but it don't feel like he's still here
It's strange now that he's grey
and getting older by the day
And my eyes tell me
that he's harmless despite
what my heart has to say
So maybe just forget, maybe move on,
don't regret
Or maybe this is just another trick
that hasn't happened yet
Wash me in the water
You can cut off all my hair, and I'll be
Changing like the weather,
but I'll never be like him
'Cause blood is thick, but water is forever
And I'm stiffer than a board
Lighter than a feather
And that girl will be a problem
Only if you let her
And I left her back home,
but I cannot forget her
I thought that it was my fault
And now sometimes, I still do
You didn't chase me through the park
So now I'm chasing after you
But I can't keep up the illusion
Or confirm your point of view
No, I can't bear to fake a smile
when you walk into the room
'Cause blood is thick, but water is forever
And I'm stiffer than a board
Lighter than a feather
And that girl will be a problem only if you let her
And I left her back home,
but I cannot forget her
Wash me in the water
You can cut off all my hair, and I'll be
Changing like the weather,
but I'll never be like him
'Cause blood is thick, but water is forever
And I'm stiffer than a board
Lighter than a feather
And that girl will be a problem only if you let her
Yeah, I left her back home,
but I cannot forget her