Jordan Copas Dear Father lyrics

INTRO:
IM NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / IM NOT LOOKIN FOR APOLOGIES /
IM NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / AND IM NOT LOOKIN FOR YOUR SORRIES

VERSE 1:
YOUR DEAD CAME OUTTA MY MOUTH! /
I WAS HARBORING HATE IN MY HEART CAUSE YOU WAS NEVER AROUND /
YOU'RE MY DAD AND I GOTTA HONOR YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU WAS WRONG /
BITTERNESS CAME IN AND IT TOOK SO LONG FOR ME TO FORGIVE YOU AND TO PUT IT UP IN THIS SONG /
I HEARD THAT YOU WAS NOT DOING GOOD /
ITS BEEN A LONG TIME AND IT HURTS SO BAD AND I WISH WE COULD /
RECONCILE AND REUNITE GO TO THE COURT AND PLAY BALL /
GET SOME FOOD GO FISHING, LIVE A LITTLE BIT, TALK A LITTLE BIT, GO TO THE MOVIES GO TO THE MALL /
I WROTE A LETTER THIS YEAR,
I DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO SEND IT TO AND OVERCOMING ME WERE THESE FEARS,
FLOODING ME WITH THEM TEARS /
CAUSE YOU REALLY DO NOT KNOW ME, AND I REALLY DO NOT KNOW YOU /
BUT I WANNA BRIDGE THE GAP AND COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT REAL MEN DO /
AND TIME KEEPS GOIN . . . /
THE WORLD KEEP SPINNING . . ./
AND IM NOT KNOWING . . . /
WHAT TO EXPECT ANYMORE FORGIVE ME I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU LIVING

HOOK:
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / I'M NOT LOOKING FOR APOLOGIES /
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR SORRIES //
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU /
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / I PUT IT ALL BEHIND "DEAR FATHER" FORGIVE ME TOO

BACKGROUND HOOK:
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?


VERSE 2:
I SINNED AGAINST YOU TOO /
I WANNA COME BY YOUR SIDE AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT I LOVE YOU BETTER YET I WANNA SHOW YOU /
I SENT THE LETTER OFF TO YOUR MOM THOUGH I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE /
I HOPE GRANNY GETS IT YOUR WAY AND WHEN YOU GET IT YOU SMILE /
FORGIVE ME DAD I KNOW I'VE DONE WRONG A SON LOOKING DOWN ON YOU MUST HURT
I JUDGED YOU I DIDNT LOVE YOU I REALLY WANTED YOU DOWN IN THE DIRT /
EVERY SINGLE DAY I BLESS A SNEEZE BUT I DO NOT BLESS YOU DAD /
WHY BRING YOU DOWN WHEN I CAN LIFT YOU UP HOPE IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE /
... NOT JUST FOR ME /
.. YEAH THIS IS FOR YOU /
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE WRONG IT CAN BE WIPED AWAY THIS IS TRUE, YES /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN / BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN /
WE OWED A DEBT AND ITS LARGE / BUT WE COULD NOT PAY IT BACK /
SO JESUS TOOK OUR INABILITY AND PLACED IT UP ON HIS BACK /
I'M SORRY WAS NOT NEEDED FOR THE LORD TO TAKE OUR PLACE /
WERE SINFUL MEN AND HE KNOWS IT UNDESERVING OF HIS LOVE AND GRACE

HOOK:
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / I'M NOT LOOKING FOR APOLOGIES /
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE MEN / AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR SORRIES //
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU /
YOU'RE FORGIVEN I, I, I, FORGIVE YOU / I PUT IT ALL BEHIND "DEAR FATHER" FORGIVE ME TOO

BACKGROUND HOOK:
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
ABBA ABBA WE NEED TO FORGIVE MEN, /
BUT IF WE DON'T THAN HOW CAN WE BE FORGIVEN?