Story Behind The Song

True story. That's my Dad!

Song Description

A father leaves his family and his son reflects on the many times over the years his father burned him

Lyrics

I was born on the poor side of nowhere with no one but my father to blame.
And my father left me when I was eight. He put on his track shoes and headed out west to squelch his hate.
He's married five times over and it's not over yet.
He never knows just when to quit
He never thinks of the people he hurts
All my half-brothers and sisters left lying in the dirt.

Give me just a little
Give me just a little
Give me just a little love

On the twelth day of the tenth May since he went away
I received a letter in the mail
It was from my Dad he was very sad and he needed to be
With his little boy me again
So I packed a bag and I caught a plane and i flew out west to be with my Daddy who was feeling so bad
But he wasn't around when his son came down off the plane
He sent someone in his place to meet me instead (he was tied up with business)

Give me just a little
Give me just a little
Give me just a little love

Ever since that day I've been running away from the pain
Never gonna let him inside me again.
Cause I gave my love and he turned it inside out
If you can't trust your own father, who then?
Now I'm full of hate like him and I'm walking wounded through the concrete canyons of my mind
And somewhere inside of me an angry voice is getting louder all the time.
It's screaming "Just a little"
Give me just a little love
Give me just a little
Give me just a little love.