My daddy So the story is told Was just eight years old His daddy Left him and his mama Standin' in the cold My grandfather My daddy Should've hated him so Ever since that day My daddy With no reason to show Did not feel that way 'Bout my grandfather This is a story Only a thinker can tell I am a thinker My grandfather was one as well And I felt close to him And I often would boast of him He, an inventor Invented things Taken for granted now I, a writer, feel sorry My grandpa can't take a bow I've been wanting to visit him For more than half a year My grandfathe