Make Believe

You said you couldn't keep me when you were seventeen
 Too young to be a father
 You kissed my hand and took your leave
 And you taught me how to make believe
 Make believe I was a gift to you from heaven
 Make believe that you would take me as your own
 Make believe that you would set the mark of what a man should be
 You taught me how to make believe
 And now that I've grown older
 I long for us to meet
 I have a million questions
 But most of all I want to see
 If all of it was make believe
 Another year has come and gone
 I am living with your family
 And I feel right at home
 In the place where I always wanted to be
 I'm going out this evening
 I check the mirror twice
 You stop me on the staircase
 You kiss my hand and say that I look beautiful tonight
 And I believe I was a gift to you from heaven
 And I believe that you would take me as your own
 I believe that you set the mark of what a man should be
 Now I don't have to make believe