Stranger

Stranger, I'm feeling stranger than I've ever felt before.
 And so much more... different
 Like something old has joined with something new, but still feels true
 I'm passing through a right that every parent does
 I'm walking on some shared familiar ground.
 Yet every step I take, is not a step at loss.
 And I've found, I like the sound of stranger.
 A child I've yet to meet becomes my everything.
 My song to sing.
 Father, and suddenly the weight of it is real, but do I feel, I feel connected in a way I've never known.
 A life from dad to me to newborn son.
 So from today I'll never make a choice alone
 One for all,
 All for one
 And when he's born I'll teach him how to use his common sense
 He'll listen and he'll learn and he'll excel
 I'll tell my son that life is lived through clear and present tense
 Not only in the stories we can tell
 My father told me stories I could never comprehend
 In every tale he claimed to be the hero
 I've tried to understand him, but I wonder if I can
 Because after almost thirty years
 I still don't know the man
 I wish I knew the man
 But he's a stranger
 My father is a stranger I know very well.
 A puzzling shell
 Hopeful, what's on its way may helps us both to grow, but I don't know when I'll understand what made him wild
 I don't know why he has the urge to fly
 I want to face him like a man, and not a child
 So I'll try
 I'll really try
 And in time my boy is sure to see
 Brighter days for dad and me
 We can do things better than before
 So that strangers we will be...
 No more!