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The Straw
The Straw
What make a man run away from his home leaving his wife and children alone
What is his logic, what does he go through that gives him the impression it's the right thing to do
How many straws does it actually take before the camels' back really breaks?
If you could count them one by one, a lazy daughter or a crybaby son
A wife that says she has love, but doesn't show; but could any one-thing make a man go
Some say the pressure gets to be too much, or they get scared when they can't come through in a clutch
Others say they weren't ready to settle down, or maybe they weren't ready to stop sleeping around
But I mean the man who really works hard, who sees the grass is greener but still waters his own yard
Struggles everyday to put bread on the table and does a little extra when ever he is able
The man who loves his wife even when she upsets him and thinks about her even when she forgets him
A man who takes from himself daily to make sure his children have everything they need
A man who cherishes his family and loves being with them, and he feels that without them there would be no him
Yet and still one day out of nowhere, he just up and leaves them as if he didn't care
One straw by itself has almost no weight at all. And there is no way it could make a camel fall
And so no one problem, worry, or fear could make a loving father just up a disappear
But if you add another straw, then another and another soon those straws gain weight from each other
What once was only a theory now has become fact, that one straw has broken the camels' back
So it is with a man or any such thing, it's like a load hanging from a string
Soon that load will be too much to take, and like the camels' back it to will break
So beware you families and watch what you do, don't think that it can't happen to you
Don't take it for granted that he will always be there, take out some time to show him you care
Don't abuse the fact that he is your Dad, and try not to add to the load he already has
And you wives, whomever you might be, don't get so wrapped up in your own world that you can't see
Just think how much more you will have to go through if you no longer have him there with you
Look around at some of your friends, and take note of how their story ends
I'm sure you don't want to be like that, having to wear both parents' hats
You should all help out, and watch how you act. Try not to be the straw that breaks the camels' back
J. Moore
06/10/98
What make a man run away from his home leaving his wife and children alone
What is his logic, what does he go through that gives him the impression it's the right thing to do
How many straws does it actually take before the camels' back really breaks?
If you could count them one by one, a lazy daughter or a crybaby son
A wife that says she has love, but doesn't show; but could any one-thing make a man go
Some say the pressure gets to be too much, or they get scared when they can't come through in a clutch
Others say they weren't ready to settle down, or maybe they weren't ready to stop sleeping around
But I mean the man who really works hard, who sees the grass is greener but still waters his own yard
Struggles everyday to put bread on the table and does a little extra when ever he is able
The man who loves his wife even when she upsets him and thinks about her even when she forgets him
A man who takes from himself daily to make sure his children have everything they need
A man who cherishes his family and loves being with them, and he feels that without them there would be no him
Yet and still one day out of nowhere, he just up and leaves them as if he didn't care
One straw by itself has almost no weight at all. And there is no way it could make a camel fall
And so no one problem, worry, or fear could make a loving father just up a disappear
But if you add another straw, then another and another soon those straws gain weight from each other
What once was only a theory now has become fact, that one straw has broken the camels' back
So it is with a man or any such thing, it's like a load hanging from a string
Soon that load will be too much to take, and like the camels' back it to will break
So beware you families and watch what you do, don't think that it can't happen to you
Don't take it for granted that he will always be there, take out some time to show him you care
Don't abuse the fact that he is your Dad, and try not to add to the load he already has
And you wives, whomever you might be, don't get so wrapped up in your own world that you can't see
Just think how much more you will have to go through if you no longer have him there with you
Look around at some of your friends, and take note of how their story ends
I'm sure you don't want to be like that, having to wear both parents' hats
You should all help out, and watch how you act. Try not to be the straw that breaks the camels' back
J. Moore
06/10/98
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The Straw
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