This is the last of my country lyrics, it's gender neutral so would suit male or female country singer. Please let me know what you think. I've made a recording of how I think it might sound but I'm going to try and improve it.
If anybody wants to make a version using their own melody please feel free but I'd like to hear it. If I do try recording it again, I'll post it on sound cloud with a link.
I was born in Nebraska when my ma was in her teens
Romping in a haystack while her dad was picking greens
When she told him about me my pa just ran away
And now I think about him I think about him every day
Asked my ma about him she refused to say his name
Grandpa died when I was young and Grandma did the same
Sometimes I sit and wonder if he ever thinks of me
The kid that he abandoned when he wanted to be free
Abandoned by my father
Guess he didn't give a damn
Abandoned and discarded
Left alone without a plan
Why am I still trying to find him
When the dumbass walked away
That's something I can't answer
I got nothing left to say
I wish that I could move along and put this thing to bed
Find answers to the questions that are messing with my head
I guess I'll never find him that's unless he looks for me
But that ain't gonna happen got to face reality
Ma it must have been so hard to rear me on your own
I know the sacrifices you have made as I have grown
And every time you see me hope you see it straight away
That something really good came from you romping in the hay
Abandoned by my father
Guess he didn't give a damn
Abandoned and discarded
Left alone without a plan
Why am I still I trying to find him
When the dumbass walked away
It's something I can't answer
I got nothing left to say
