All the things I've seen couldn't prepare me   For what I was about to experience   As a little boy, growing up in a world   Made for all the big kids and the big toys      Sometimes I'd sit around and wait   Play with my toy cars   Until the wheels would turn no more   Then I'd think to myself      "Is my dad's car coming home?   Or will this be another night   My mom, my brother and I   Tucking ourselves in?"      I learned my alphabet to spell dad   How quickly dad turned to sad   My preschool days   And the rest of my life      My mother did the best she could   My brother stayed strong as he stood   A father figure to me   My preschool days      I remember all the times that mom cried   My brother stayed strong by her side   And I stand and wonder why   There was three when there should be four      Maybe my dad got lost driving home   But then again it wouldn't make sense   I feel all alone      I learned my alphabet to spell dad   How quickly dad turned to sad   My preschool days   And the rest of my life      My mother did the best she could   My brother stayed strong as he stood   A father figure to me   My preschool days      So where has he been?   He's running out of time   I haven't heard from him   And I hope he's doing fine      Money cannot buy   Years of missing them   Daddy gave it up   The kids forgave him      I learned my alphabet to spell dad   How quickly dad turned to sad   My preschool days   And the rest of my life      My mother did the best she could   My brother stayed strong as he stood   A father figure to me   My preschool days