A Long and Sad Goodbye -- Lenny Kravitz

Papa, who's to blame  Why you never had your fortune and fame
Papa what did you gain To leave the love you had for a two-bit dame
Papa why did you turn your back Why didn't you stay on track
Why did you leave and make her cry Papa you meant to the world to me
Why did you abandon me Now it's a long and sad goodbye

Papa what is this game With all that cheating you did you're going to go insane
Papa I am in pain Cause on the day you left you said I'd do the same
Papa, why did you turn your back Why didn't you stay on track
Why did you leave and make her cry Papa you meant that world to me
Why did you abandon me Now it's a long and sad goodbye Papa No Oh papa

Why did you turn your back Why didn't you stay on track
Why did you leave and make her cry Papa you meant the world to me
Why did you abandon me Now it's a long and sad goodbye Papa No Oh papa
No no no stay


"A Long and Sad Goodbye" is an ode to Kravitz late father. Their tumultuous relationship was in part due to Sy's cheating on Lenny's beloved mother Roxie Roker. Though father and son remained at odds for much of their lives, they made their peace shortly before Sy Kravitz's death from leukemia in 2005. Kravitz told MTV News: "My dad and I made peace with each other a few weeks before he passed, and we spent a lot of time with each other in those last days. We didn't have the greatest relationship because he had cheated on my mom and I was basically a mama's boy. It was hard-core.                          (songfacts)