What kind of father do I truely want?
What type of dad will do?
Before we continue
And go further with this
What kind of father are you?

Will you save me from scrapes?
Hold tight to my hand
When I clearly want to walk free?
Will you wrap me in cotton
And keep hold of the reins
Or can I risk grazing my knees?

Will you keep me a child
Restricting my choice
Prevent me from breaking the rules?
Or give me the room
To make some mistakes
And maybe suffer a bruise?

Are you one of those fathers
Who is slow to excuse
My foolish brash acts of rebellion?
Or are you quick to forgive
Running arms open wide
Hitching your coat with abandon?

From what I hear from my friends
You really could be
The kind of father I need.
I'd like to see for myself
What it's like to be loved
And be lifted up from my knees.