Loudon Wainwright III - Father/Daughter Dialogue

[Martha]
Dearest Daddy with your songs
Do you hope to right your wrongs?
You can't undo what has been done
To all your daughters and your son
The facts are in and we have found
That basically you're not around

Dearest Daddy try as you might
All you are is just uptight
You sing of my mother and me
Somewhat sentimentally
You sing about father and son
When all you do from him is run

You like to think that things are ok
And singing things that you should say
Dearest Daddy with your songs
Do you hope to right your wrongs?

[Loudon]
Darling Daughter can't you see
The guy singing the songs ain't me
He's someone people wish I was
What I can't do this dude does

And if the songs seem slightly pat
I know life's messier than that
They're just songs and life is real
They're just my version how I feel

And you don't feel the same I know
How it went down or it should go
My misstakes you label wrongs
I expiate my guilt with songs

Why I'm uptight or not around
Those wise continue to confound
Darling Daughter can't you see
The guy singing the songs ain't me