In my father's shoes (© Ko-Do 2005) I was a poet, I was a priest I was the beauty, I was the beast I was drunk, I was sober I had it all and I had leftovers I know why I got the blues: I never walked in my father's shoes I was a son, I was a brother I even felt just like a mother I was a singer, I was a writer I was yellow and I was a fighter I know why I got the blues: I never walked in my father's shoes I was Abel, I was Cain I was sick and I was sane I was a loser, I was a winner I was a saint and I was a sinner I know why I got the blues: I never walked in my father's shoes