Pride and Joy

from Rainbow Coloured Dynamite by The Neo Now

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PRIDE AND JOY (by The Neo Now)

You gave me life,
You tore my soul,
In the middle of the night.

I looked up to you,
Just then I saw what a father can do,
To his pride and joy.
To his pride and joy.

You pushed me round,
Just stand over there,
Do not make a sound.

My childhood life,
Scared all the time,
Of the fist or the knife.

To his pride and joy,
To his pride and joy,
To his pride and joy,
Please don’t do these things to me.

When I was scared,
I would run up the hill,
Sit there and shiver all day.
And wonder if my father loved me still

Now I’m so proud I can say
I’m a father too
And I realise what my father went through
He was locked in a dark
In a cupboard by his mother
Broke his little heart
To her pride and joy.

And I’ve given life,
I’m not trying to make the same mistake twice.
For my family,
I am courage,
And for them I am honesty.

To his pride and joy,
To his pride and joy,
To his pride and joy,
Please don’t do these things to me.

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from Rainbow Coloured Dynamite, released January 4, 2016

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The Neo Now Hobart, Australia

The Neo Now is songwriting duo, Johnny Coin and Naoko Jones.

We record new Tassie music at Gypsy Hill Studios in Hobart, Tasmania.

New album 'Popssicle' out soon.

theneonow.com

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