lirik lagu shlomo dubin - she won't call me dad
[intro]
i can still hear your laugh in my head…
but it’s been years since i’ve heard it for real
i’m still here. still waiting. still dad
~~~
[verse 1]
your photos on my phone are like ghosts in the glass
i scroll, press replay, but the moments don’t last
they fed you a story, painted me as a villain
while i’m kneeling in courtrooms just praying for healing
you used to run to the door when you’d hear my car
now it’s silence, locked screens, oceans apart
i’m alive but i’m mourning a child who still breathes
they stole you with whispers, rewrote what you see
i build verses as lettеrs, my bars are my pleas
i bleed in the booth hoping onе day you’ll read
no death certificate, but it feels like a grave
i bury my weekends, my rights, my name
~~~
[chorus]
she won’t call me dad
though i’m still right here with open hands
every beat’s a tear i hide
every song’s a prayer you might recognize
she won’t call me dad
they built a wall where love once spanned
every prayer just echoes back
every light goes dim, the world turns black
~~~
[verse 2]
i remember bedtime stories, your head on my chest
now i’m a stranger on paper, erased from the text
they told you i left, but i never walked out
i fought for each visit, each second, each shout
manipulated memories, they reframe your view
but every lie that they told can’t erase what is true
i was there for the fevers, the fears and the falls
now i rap into silence, bounce echoes off walls
every court date’s a battle where i bleed in a suit
and your smile’s the bulletproof vest i can’t use
this isn’t a eulogy — you’re still in the world
but my heart wears black when i think of my girl
~~~
[chorus]
she won’t call me dad
though i’m still right here with open hands
every beat’s a tear i hide
every song’s a prayer you might recognize
she won’t call me dad
they built a wall where love once spanned
every prayer just echoes back
every light goes dim, the world turns black
~~~
[bridge]
if you hear this song someday
please know i never walked away
they can twist my name, burn my face from frames
but my heart still beats yours, unchanged
i’m your father through the silence
your father through the lies
i’m the shadow at your window
still reaching, still alive
~~~
[verse 3]
i write bars like birthday cards you’ll never read
rap lullabies into mics for a child who won’t speak
every holiday cuts deeper than knives
‘cause i set an empty place where you used to sit and smile
i’m a ghost in your inbox, a name you were taught to hate
but i’m also the man who stayed up, who prayed, who waited
i’m not a perfect father, but i never let go
even when they closed the doors, locked the windows, froze the phone
i can’t break the spell they’ve wrapped around your trust
but i’ll keep writing your name in every chorus i touch
and if someday the lies crack and the truth bleeds through
you’ll find my arms right here, still open for you
~~~
[final chorus]
she won’t call me dad
though i’m still right here with open hands
every beat’s a tear i hide
every song’s a prayer you might recognize
she won’t call me dad
they built a wall where love once spanned
every prayer just echoes back
every light goes dim, the world turns black
~~~
[outro]
you’re still my little girl…
even if you can’t call me dad
and i’ll be here…
until the day you remember
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