[00:10.970]We carried you in our arms on Independence Day
[00:27.230]And now you throw us all aside and put us all away
[00:44.560]Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun could treat her father so
[01:00.180]To wait upon him hand and foot, yet always tell him no
[01:16.730]Tears of rage, tears of grief
[01:24.500]Why must I always be the thief
[01:33.360]Come to me now, you know we're so alone
[01:42.320]And life is brief
[01:53.910]It was all so very painless when you ran out to receive
[02:10.530]All that false instruction which we never could believe
[02:26.880]And now the heart is filled with gold as if it were a purse
[02:43.570]But, oh, what kind of love is this which goes from bad to worse
[02:59.910]Tears of rage, tears of grief
[03:07.730]Why must I always be the thief
[03:16.390]Come to me now, you know we're so alone
[03:25.320]And life is brief
[03:37.150]We pointed you the way to go and scratched your name in sand
[03:53.600]Though you just thought it was nothing more than a place for you to stand
[04:10.790]I want you to know that while we watched you discover no one would be true
[04:26.670]That I myself was among the ones who thought it was just a childish thing to do
[04:43.260]Tears of rage, tears of grief
[04:51.160]Why must I always be the thief
[04:59.700]Come to me now, you know we're so alone
[05:08.780]And life is brief

We carried you in our arms on Independence Day
And now you throw us all aside and put us all away
Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun could treat her father so
To wait upon him hand and foot, yet always tell him no
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief
Come to me now, you know we're so alone
And life is brief
It was all so very painless when you ran out to receive
All that false instruction which we never could believe
And now the heart is filled with gold as if it were a purse
But, oh, what kind of love is this which goes from bad to worse
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief
Come to me now, you know we're so alone
And life is brief
We pointed you the way to go and scratched your name in sand
Though you just thought it was nothing more than a place for you to stand
I want you to know that while we watched you discover no one would be true
That I myself was among the ones who thought it was just a childish thing to do
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I always be the thief
Come to me now, you know we're so alone
And life is brief