By day he looks like your dad

He acts like your dad

He even thinks like your dad

But my dad

My dad is different

He’s not one of us

Come the darkness

And the moonlight

He changes

Its in his blood

And it gets worse

He’s not like the regular

Once a month

Full-moon

Werewolf type dad

Changing for just one crazy night

Or the beer drinking

Once a week

Friday night with the lads

Hung-over Saturday morning

Type dad

My dad is different

He’s not one of us

It was once a week

A couple of hours

Cold winter nights

After dark

No harm in that

That’s what they think

As Spring Sprang

It was in his step

And as Summer scorched

Dad sizzled with feverish rhythms

As Autumn fell

It was too deep

It happens everywhere

Any excuse

A stuck-wheeled trolley

Spins and twirls down the aisles

The snow falls

The car pirouettes

Beautifully

He walks with the beat

Sashays and shimmies

Side-steps and slide-steps

Counting time

Not left right left right

But five, six, seven, eight

He mambas into Morrisons

Waltzes out of Waitrose

Sambas inside Sainsburys

Flamencos all over Farmfoods

Gyrates outside the garage

He even Tangos in Tesco

He’s not like the regular

Once a month

Full-moon

Werewolf type dad

Changing for just one crazy night

My dad is different

My dad thinks he can dance