This was a hard one to write, even after fifty odd years. Again, part of the Song Cycle, probably the end of the first half. Musically, I tried to come up with a variation of the Paul Stookey "Wedding Song" for irony's sake and didn't quite get there but I like what I came up with. #songcycle #threeofus

They never should have married They didn't get along well Still, they were our parents Right or wrong

The news came from my father Almost 20 years to the day When they married in New York City We still have wedding pictures

The last six years, back and forth Dad was sometimes home and sometimes not When he asked for the divorce Dad was living in Puerto Rico

My mother took it well It was not unexpected Dad went his way, she went hers Mom got alimony payments

Dad was out of contact for awhile I found him 10 years later Called the phone number I discovered Heard, "Your Dad has no son."

Dad was on the phone two minutes later Addressed me as he always did "You motha, how did you find me?" Sorry, Dad, I'm here.