The role models in my life have mostly been women
And it's a sad reality of the days we live in
There are children fathered, but too many fatherless children
Role models in my life have mostly been women
And it's a sad reality of the days we live in
There are children fathered, but too many fatherless children
There are children fathered
There are children fathered, but too many fatherless children
From the very beginning, the role models in my life have mostly been women
But my mom, she had enough of what my old man wasn't doing
Spending all his pay on the tea, maybe gambling and all not boozing
Young and unaware of the life that he was choosing
Privilege abusing, family losing
By the time he realized we were already moving
To a home that had already seen eight children through to grown
And the first real home
That I'd ever known
Was the first real home
Was the first real home
Was the first time I'd seen what a father could be
And how a man can be
This is what my grandfather was to me
But when I saw him
More than another decade came in unhappy trade
He stood at my cradle
I stood at his grave
Ever since then it's been up to my nan
To be the head of the home that she shared with her man
Never remarried, but there was only one man
And she's been the rock and the shift in sand
Holding it together like only a strong woman can
Breeding the stormy weather like only a mother can
Making the kind of difference that only a grandmother can
And I said she's been wronged
And I said she's been wronged



Role models in my life have mostly been women
And it's a sad reality of the days we live in
There are children fathered
But too many fatherless children
And I said she's been the rock
Oh, and she's been the rock
And I said she's been the rock
Oh, she's been the rock
And I said she's been the rock
Oh, and she's been the rock
Oh
Oh, and she's been the rock
Oh, and she's been the rock