I'm Sorry I Waited So Long

Contact: Roger Wilson
Email: roger@hurricanewilson.com[/email]
Website: http://www.hurricanewilson.com
http://www.bluestormrecords.com
Phone: 678-296-9850

Songwriter: Roger Wilson
Publishers & PRO: Brux Music/ BMI
I’M SORRY I TOOK SO LONG

I KNOW YOU WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY
TO LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH ME
I KNOW I WASN'T ALWAYS
THE BEST SON I COULD BE
I'M PRETTY SURE I'M NOT QUITE
THE SON YOU HAD IN MIND
BUT YOU PLAYED THE CARDS THAT YOU WERE DEALT
AND WERE BEHIND ME ALL THE TIME

YOU WALKED A STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH
AND LIVED LIFE BY THE BOOK
YOU ALWAYS TAUGHT ME RIGHT FROM WRONG
TO DO MY BEST, AND BE GOOD
ALTHOUGH I STUMBLED ON MY OWN
I TRIED TO BE THE BEST I COULD
I ALWAYS FELT YOUR CONSTANT LOVE
AND ALWAYS KNEW WHERE I STOOD

(Chorus)
I'M SO SORRY I COULDN'T SEE
HOW HARD THINGS WERE FOR YOU
YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE ON HOLD
JUST TO SEE ME THROUGH
I KNOW THAT I'M THE REASON
THAT YOU HUNG AROUND SO LONG
I'M REALLY VERY SORRY
I TOOK SO LONG TO WRITE THIS SONG

YOU DEFIED ALL THE ODDS
AND WERE HERE A FULL CENTURY
WHEN TIMES WERE HARD AND DIFFICULT
YOU FACED THEM VALIANTLY
WHEN I WOULD ALWAYS MESS THINGS UP
YOU WOULD CORRECT ME PATIENTLY
FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID WRONG
YOU’D ALWAYS FORGIVE ME

WE SPENT A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS
SAYING THE LONG GOODBYE
I WISH THERE HAD BEEN A BETTER WAY
FOR US TO SPEND OUR TIME
I TRIED MY BEST TO BE STRONG
AS YOU TOLD ME TO
WHEN YOU LEFT, I COULDN'T CRY
I JUST SMILED AND SAID, “YOU DID GOOD!”

(To Chorus)
C 2023 Roger B. Wilson