I Had A Father Who Talked With Me

I had a father who talked with me

Allowed me the right to disagree

To question, and always answered me

As well as he could-and truthfully

He talked of adventures: horrors of war

Of life, its meaning: what love was for

How each would always need to strive

To improve the world to keep it alive

Stressed the duty we owe each other

To be aware each man is a brother

Words for laughter he also spoke

A silly song or a happy joke

Time runs along, some say I'm wise

That I look at life with seeing eyes

My heart is happy, my mind is free

I had a father who talked with me