I Let You Down Lyrics

I never learned how to tie a tie

Cause you were too busy saying goodbye

You never taught me how to shave my face

But I figured it out that's my saving grace

You look away when I fall down

Tell me you'll give me something to cry about

Raise your hand and begin to shout

Go ahead father let your rage out

You can't hold me down

I don't need you to hold me up

You can stay out of my life

Cause I have had enough

I can still hear you say

I'll be just like you someday

I'm glad you gave it up

I'm glad I let you down

Oh dad I let you down

You think you set the bar too high

I think we're just different you and I

But you can't handle me being different from you

And you don't like that you can't tell me what to do

I skinned my knee when I fell down

I called for you and you weren't around

So I picked myself up off the ground

And in the end myself is what I found

You can't hold me down

I don't need you to hold me up

You can stay out of my life

Cause I have had enough

I can still hear you say

I'll be like you someday

I'm glad you gave it up

I'm glad I let you down

Oh dad I let you down

There was a distance between you and me

From the day I was born through the days of tragedy

To call you my dad would be but a travesty

Because honestly when you left you set me free

You can't hold me down

I don't need you to hold me up

You can stay out of my life

Cause I have had enough

You can't hold me down

I don't need you to hold me up

You can stay out of my life

Cause I have had enough

I can still hear you say

I'll be like you someday

I'm glad you gave it up

I'm glad I let you down

Oh dad I let you down