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The Perfect Son
©2001. Erica Groshens

When Daddy left my mom and me
It hurt so much I couldn't even cry
But I'd hear Momma crying
As I lay in bed and tried to sleep each night
I never knew just why he left
Thought it must be something that I'd done
I know he never would have gone
If only I had been the perfect son

Momma had to work so hard
I never heard her laugh or saw her smile
I knew that she was lonely
Since Daddy'd packed his things and said goodbye
I tried to make her happy
To be the boy she'd want me to become
I knew that I could be enough
If only I could be the perfect son

Then one day Momma said she'd made a friend
And I noticed that she'd started smiling again
And when we met, I never would have dreamed
How much that man would someday mean to me

When he and Mom got married
He said I didn't have to call him Dad
But what else would I call
The greatest friend that I have ever had
Don't know how I got so lucky
When it comes to Dad's, he's the perfect one
And just the way I am
He thinks that I am the perfect son

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