The Tooth Fairy

Melody lost a tooth the other night

And I only had a twenty on me

Clare was in Wisconsin seeing her ma

'Cause she just had surgery

So after I tucked Melody into bed

And waited a while till she was asleep

I put on my shoes and I slipped out the back

And walked to the liquor store

Now I'd just intended to break my twenty

So I'd have a dollar to put under her pillow

I figured a 6-pack of High Life would do the trick

As well as a candy bar would

So back to the house with the 6-pack in hand

A ten and a one in my wallet

I crept through the back door to Melody's room

But found her bed empty

Oh, I said her name and I switched on the light

And panicked and shouting I searched through the house

Just as I thought I should call the police

I heard Melody through the window

I ran out the front door as she turned to me

Her bare little feet on the street

And through her sobbing she asked me

"Where did you go

Where did you go, Dad?

I couldn't find you"