Tallest Man On Earth
Woke up in my father’s shadow
Face down in the dirt
Covered in my own shame
He seemed the tallest man on earth

Always drunk on my mother’s comfort
A disappointment to his name
We never could understand
We were just too much the same

He seemed the tallest man on earth
The tallest man on earth

When I was just a young man
Trying not to fall
The only thing that seemed to matter
Was growing up and being tall

Growing tall brings great things
Like seeing past the trees
But you can’t hear the whispers
With your head up in the breeze
He seemed the tallest man on earth
The tallest man on earth

His heart died alone they say
Running against a wall
He never could comprehend
Life wasn’t about being tall

It wasn’t about being tall

He seemed the tallest man on earth
The tallest man on earth
The smallest man on earth

©2017 Guy Paul Thibault