You lift your skinny fists up in the sky   Packed a change of clothes and left   In the middle of July 2005   But when the glass, it hit the wall   Mother cried and the cops were called   The day you said goodbye      Your father left his work by one or two   To a crying telephone   His wife was on the other side of you   Really did it this time   The boy looks down and begins to cry   The day you said goodbye      And I know you’ve been abandoned   But don’t abandon ship on me   Just know like a winter white snow   You’ve been forgiven, come back to me   I know right now that don’t mean anything      Your skinny legs bounced up into the sky   I tried to tell you to be careful not to jump that high   With your fingers crossed, you fall against the ground   I saw it all, the day you tried to fly      When the red and blue lights made the scene   Your eyes were glazed, and honestly   Can you remember anything?   But when the others ran away   I prayed to God they wouldn’t stay   But sometimes He doesn’t listen      From a father to his daughter   My prodigal child, come back to me   From a sinner to his Maker   Your prodigal son is on his knees      Sweet God, please hold on to me   Sweet God, hold her please, oh please   The day she tries to fly   Hold me, the day I try to fly