I Really Shouldn't Be Here

I really shouldn’t be here
I’ve already stayed too long
It’s time for me to disappear
I know where I belong

I’ve lived here thirty years
I should know my way around
But every street’s a mystery
And there is no hallowed ground

I really shouldn’t be here
My father’s far too near
I hear his voice now brave and strong
‘Be gone and have no fear’

And I don’t have the heart to tell him
That I believe he’s right
So I’m departing like a villain
Quietly, in the night

I really shouldn’t be here
But my daughter wants to stay
She tells me I’d just find my own way
Back here anyway

And I don’t have the heart to tell her
That she’s always wrong
So it’s time for me to disappear
I know where I belong