Daddy was so drunk
Missed my high school graduation
Back in south C-A
Back in my younger days

In the heat of a summer's day
In a place near Disneyland
In a baseball stadium
With diploma in my hand

When I gazed into the seats
Looking for my family
And I saw my momma's face
Sitting by an empty space

My graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't even seem he really cared
No indeed

My graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't even seem he really cared
No indeed

He was sitting in a booth
Throwing back a few cocktails
In a bar in the town of Gardena
Happy hour with coworkers

I was in my cap and gown
In sunny Anaheim
It was obvious that dad
Wouldn't make it there in time

My graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't ecen seem he really cared
No indeed

My graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't even seem he really cared
No indeed

Then a car pulled in the drive
As we waited there inside

(hiccup hiccup hiccup)

And he staggered in the door
Then he stumbled up the stairs
And he passed out in his clothes
On his office easy chair

On graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't even seem he really cared
No indeed

On graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't even seem he really cared
No indeed

On graduation day
My father missed my graduation day
Didn't make an effort to be there
Didn't even seem he really cared
No indeed