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The Verdict's In (and the Thumbs are Down) 4:42

A painfully angry, but honest, song written to express what I’ve heard a number of young folks say about their "successful" dads. It’s not intended to generalize or be a diatribe against fatherhood. If I didn’t think that it spoke to more than a few dads, I might not have included it in the song list. Even to the good ones though, it might serve as a reminder to keep first things first.

i hear people talk about you, say you're something on your feet,

they call you lawyer' lawyer, impossible to beat,

you have a hunger for attention, it's an awful appetite,

at home inside the courtroom, a stranger in my life,

i'm not your client, i'm your daughter,

i need a father, not a lawyer,

jury's in, when i needed you around,

you were nowhere to be found,

the verdict's in,

and the thumbs are down...

i'm not sure i understand, just what you're trying to prove,

you say you're doing this for us, it seems you're doing this for you,