He had his own scent His own type of aura It came off like clouds of dust From within his skin, burnt sienna He had something shiny there Some kind of hazy dream But if I ever asked about it He'd say it's not what it seems You see, my daddy was a smoking man But I didn't know quite yet The meaning of that phrase Not to its full extent I was intrigued with his eyes And the way he spoke I would watch forms shape From thick, grey, and poisonous smoke He had something earthy there Wrapped in some tin foil He would rub it in his hands And trade cash for his spoils You see, my daddy was a merchant man I learned that on a cold night Sitting alone in his rusty jeep When the other men wanted to fight My daddy looked to me Telling me to look away Maybe, I should have listened It was took late anyway An explosion sounded It's echo ringing in my ear My daddy on the ground Convulsing in fear Screaming, someone was screaming I stop to listen And realize it was me My feet were moving And I was there next to him Trying to stop the blood That was covering my skin He had a look on his face Like he was trying to explain But every time he tried to speak He didn't know what to say He had some kind of waste there The wind had scattered all around He was too deep in this world No way else to fall down You see, my daddy was a smoking man Right down to his core Couldn't see past the nightmares To get off of the floor He got lost in his hazy dreams Somehow the pain would ease You see, my daddy was a merchant man But he let himself get burned He risked everything he had And got nothing in return He took chances with gunshot wounds Had some silly notion he was immune