Footloose I Confess Lyrics

I Confess Lyrics

Oh yes, he has all the answers
He's gonna set me straight
How can he
presume to know what I've been through? 
He hasn't got a clue
But how
could anyone unless they've had a son

As perfect as a child can be,

The best of all the best in me
My brush with immortality, my kid.
For
sixteen winters and fifteen springs
I had a son, and still it stings 
When
i remember all the things we did, 
Me and my kid.

Simple things like
fishing at the lake,
Tiptoeing out before dawn,
Bobbie would worry if we
didn't hurry,
All the fish would be gone.

We would sit and huddle in
the boat
Waiting for something to bite
And I'd watch the sun rise in my
own son's eyes
And the world would fill up with light.
And Bobbie would
ask a million questions:
Daddy how many is the biggest number?
Or Daddy,
Why do I have a thumb?

(chorus)And I confess, I didn't always have the
answers,
I didn't always know which way was true,
Nevertheless, I always
tried to lead with love 
That's all that any father can do.

As the
years went by we had our differences,
But then who doesn't 
Even if the
friendship wasn't all it was before,
We shared a lot and who'd've thought

That so much joy could vanish in a blink, 
Whoever stops to
think.
And in that final moment who knows what went wrong
The questions
come to late, and linger far too long

And I confess I don't always have
the answers
I don't always know which way is true,
Nevertheless I always
try to lead with love,
That's all that any father can do.

And then
look, look what do I do!
This boy comes to me,this fatherless child
I
scoff at his pain and I send him away.
My daughter speaks up and I shout her
down
I won't hear a word of what she has to say
My wife reaches out and I
turn my back
I send her to bed without even a kiss
Can my God forgive the
things I have done
While I'm not forgetting how much I'm still missing my
son.

I'm tired of feeling nothing, but numb
Maybe the time has
come
To finally let the world in
But how do i begin?

(choir) Ohh
ohh oo ooo

Give me strength, and maybe then
I can reach my fellow
men
So we all may rise again

I confess I don't always have the
answers
I don't always know which way is true
Nevertheless, I always try
to lead with love
Please join me in asking our Lord to guide and
protect
Our children

(choir) A-amen