This song was first released on the seasons of the heart album. it is the only album it has been released on.

Father on father please hear me
My song is a cry of desperation
All of the words i hear
Have lost their meaning

My life is a well of confusion
Drowned out by the sound of the lost and lonely
Only the voice inside
Speaks your name to me

If they only knew the things that i know
If they only could see the things that i see

My brothers at opposite tables
Like fire and water against each other
Only a fool can't see
The obvious ending

Are we as ashes to wildwood
Is life just a fire that can only consume us
Is there no vision of love
To bind us together

If they only knew the things that i know
If they only could see the things that i see

Words and music by john denver