I build a fence around you in a father's way 
I try to feel what it is you'll be going through 
Cos I've played many ways 
When you grow, how much will it take to slow you down… 
Half the way? 

Do my best to please you when I do what's right 
I try to find the words that I’ll say to you 
When [bad word] home tonight 
And if so, how hard will we cry before our sound 
Fades away? 

One day when the fence is not so high 
The road you took 
How far will you go? 
How high will you climb? 
And when all in life’s unfair 
Are you strong enough to find another way? 
Father’s way 

I build a fence around you in a father’s way 
Just like the one who used to preach to me 
Now I’ve [bad word] that way 
But you know 
How soft now the hand that used to strike 
To the heart 

One day when the fence is not so high 
The road you took 
How far will you go? 
How high will you climb? 
And when all in life's unfair 
Are you strong enough to find another way, find another way 
find another way? 

There’s no way 
You will stay 
There’s no way 
I know you 

There’s no way 
You will stay 
There’s no way 
I know you.