Leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryYou leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryFor God's sake, leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryWe had a marriage that was sickBut what you pull now is a cruel and shameful trickYou drag the children down your pathAnd make them wallow in the gutters of your wrathThe words fly from their mouthsLike daggers through the airBut everyone who hears them knows it's you who put them there"Daddy is a druggie, Daddy is a bumDaddy smokes dope and he's nothin' but scumDaddy is a liar and a lunatic tooFuck you, Daddy, we don't wanna see you"Leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryJust leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryFor God's sake, leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryThat you protect is your excuseToo lame to sanctify the poisons you induceAnd soon, the blindness of their youthWill swiftly vanish as they learn the shocking truthAnd then you'll pay the priceOf teaching them to hateFor you will be the victim of the monsters you create"Daddy is a druggie, Daddy is a bumDaddy smokes dope and he's nothin' but scumDaddy is a snake and a maniac tooGo to hell, Daddy, we don't wanna see you"Leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryFor God's sake, leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryYou've let your shattered pride contaminate their headsAnd with your bitterness, you've ripped their lives to shreds"Daddy is a druggie, Daddy is a bumDaddy smokes dope and he's nothin' but scumDaddy is a liar and a lunatic tooFuck you, Daddy, we don't wanna see you"Leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryYou leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryJust leave the children out of itLeave them alone, RosemaryFor God's sake
