NOW THAT I'M IN
THE PICTURE
Sitting on a sofa
in the waiting room at St. John's
Flipping through an album of our family photographs
He's blowin' out nine candles on his picture perfect cake
Looking back I wish I could have been a better dad
My tearts pour out onto the page
And I know now - I'm here to stay
I wasn't there when he was growing up
And I know that he felt cheated
I gave him everything a boy could
want
And nothing that he needed
I broke his heart and I'm aware
There's an awful lot to fix here
But things are gonna change I swear
Now that I'm in the picture
Skipping through
some pages to his early teenage years
Here's one with his buddy, and it looks like they were stoned
I wish I couldn've been there, and kept him off that junk
He never would have had this almost fatal overdose
My tears pour out onto the page
And I know now - I'm here to stay
I wasn't there when he was growing up
And I know that he felt cheated
I gave him everything a boy could
want
And nothing that he needed
I broke his heart and I'm aware
There's an awful lot to fix here
But things are gonna change I swear
I wasn't there when he was growing
up
And I know that he felt cheated
I gave him everything a boy could
want
And nothing that he needed
I broke his heart and I'm aware
There's an awful lot to fix here
But things are gonna change I swear
Things are gonna change I swear
Things are gonna change I swear
Now that I'm in the picture
Written by Bill Warrington and Jeff Stewart
Copyright
Bill Warrington Music (BMI) / Blue Clover Music (ASCAP)
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