Did You Ever

Sorting photographs, I looked for one of you to frame
 I chose the one of us dressed up on my wedding day
 Oh, you seemed so proud to travel far to give away
 Your youngest daughter, but I never was yours anyway
 But now the years and tears have passed, and now that you have died,
 I can finally feel the anger I've held back all this time
 Did you ever really feel love, or just emptiness inside?
 Did you ever even know us, or did you ever care to try?
 And did you ever stop to wonder what you'd miss
 If you traded family for a new kiss?
 So tell me, did you ever really love,
 and if you did, how will I ever know?
 Ringing telephone... rare surprise when it was you
 Crazy fantasy that you would come to our rescue
 Funny now to think that all we needed rescue from
 Was the fantasy that you had done no wrong
 Well, you walked away from pain and moved on to create more
 You left a trail of turmoil behind every closing door
 Did you ever really feel love, or just emptiness inside?
 Did you ever even know us, or did you ever care to try?
 And did you ever stop to wonder what you'd miss
 When you traded family for a new kiss?
 So tell me,did you ever really love,
 and if you did, how will I ever know?