This Song Is For You words and music by bob padgett November, 2004 & November, 2006—Stony Brook, NY ©2004-2006 clamchop creative studio for you with these unnamed heartaches What sort of man    is this mystery He fathered you, yet    you’ve never known him What you would give    to hear he loves you so This song is for you The gifts you have    go unnoticed He’s never tried    to understand you Oh how your heart    needs his approval This song is for you This song is for you    for all the heartaches I can't banish from your soul This song is for you    for all the things that I don't understand The hurts that I can't heal The pains that I don't see Because I love you This song is for you A year has passed    since he said goodbye So many more    till you’ll understand That you’ll grow up    having missed his life This song is for you For that Tuesday    you were ten years old You needed him    but he never called you Your life is strewn    with his empty promises This song is for you This song is for you    for all the heartaches I can't banish from your soul This song is for you    for all the things that I don't understand The hurts that I can't heal The pains that I don't see Because I love you This song is for you The things he loved    that he shouldn’t have The painful wounds    he inflicted The scars you bear    because he was so weak This song is for you A strong man    yet so withdrawn All the other “sons”    that replaced you Oh how I wish    he had blessed you, too This song is for you This song is for you    for all the heartaches I can't banish from your soul This song is for you    for all the things that I don't understand The hurts that I can't heal The pains that I don't see Because I love you This song is for you close