This song is for all of you who have or had a love-hate relationship with your father. Times they came down on us hard as nails and other times they showed compassion and love. My father made it extremely hard to love him, due to his unpredictable mood swings. After researching our family tree, I discovered my father was a product of his father's household and he raised us as he was raised. With Dad, you never knew where you stood with him and it was hard to gauge the best opportune time to present bad news. I remember my Mom could strike fear in us boys just by mentioning she was going to tell our father when he got home from work. Even though this song expresses regret for not being more friendly with my father before he died, one must remember, with some father's you could never get close to them until they mellowed out in their latter years. Be patient and when the time is right, try to mend and build a relationship, based on respect and understanding and especially you daughters...love.