Like My Pa

Sung by Ma & Rosie Cue: “You’re just like your pa, girl. Runnin’ off on me at the drop of a hat!” (Rosie sings) Like my Pa? Just like my Pa? Well I don’t even know what that means at all! Ever since I was a little girl You’ve told me ‘bout the big bad world But my Pa? I never knew my Pa... I used to dream about the time I’d meet him Face to face... Maybe I’d see in him that part of me I just can’t place... In you... In you... (Rosie) Like my Pa? Like my Pa? (Ma) I never meant to make you scared of the world... (Rosie) I don’t even know what that means at all... (Ma) I just don’t want to see you hurt, my little girl... (Rosie) Ever since I was a little child (Ma) Ever since you were a little child (Rosie) I never saw my mother smile... (pause) (Ma) You aren’t like your Pa... You aren’t your Pa. (Rosie) I used to dream about the time I’d meet him face to face (Ma) You used to dream about the time you’d meet him face to face (Ma) It took me years to see those things... I’d never erase... In you... In you... (Rosie sings) I’m like my Pa, I’m like my Pa... I have to find out what that means for me, Ma... It’s time this sheltered little girl Grew up and saw the big wide world And find her Pa... (Ma sings) I’ve lost it all! (Rosie) I’m like my Pa! Ma- (music stops abruptly) Fine!