A Face Like Mine 가사

I never knew my father He left when I was young They say he was a proud man As good as they come He left like all the others When no work could be found He smiled and told my mother I won't let you down The autumn turned to winter And the light left her eyes No footsteps on the front porch No word of him arrived A promise torn to pieces And tossed to the ground Though at night she grieved him She never made a sound I know he had a reason I know a man can get lost Whatever he believed in I know he suffered the cost His picture's almost faded But I filled in the lines And nothing's unforgiven So father don't you cry Now the years have found me With a child of my own Another generation That must carry the load But somewhere there's a memory In the back of my mind I see my father smiling With a face like mine