Father of mine
Tell me where
have you been
You know I just
closed my eyes
My whole world
disappeared
Father of mine
Take me back
to the day
Yeah when I was still
your golden boy
back before
you went away
I remember blue skies
walking the block I loved
it when you held me high
I loved to hear you talk
You would take me
to the movie
You would take me
to the beach
Take me to a place
inside that is
so hard to reach
Oh yeah yeah
Father of mine
Tell me where
did you go
You had the world inside
your hand but you did
not seem to know
Father of mine
Tell me what
do you see
When you look back
at your wasted life
and you don't see me
I was ten years old
Doing all that I could
It wasn't easy for me
to be a scared white boy
in a black neighborhood
Sometimes you would
send me a birthday card
with a five dollar bill
I never understood
you then
I guess I never will
My daddy
gave me a name
Mmm my dad
he gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
My dad he gave
me a name yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah yeah
Mmm my daddy
gave me a name my dad
he gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
My dad he
gave me a name
Oooh yeah
Oooh yeah Oooh yeah
Father of mine
Tell me where
have you been
Yeah I just closed my
eyes and the world
disappeared
Father of mine
Tell me how
you sleep
With the children
you abandoned and the
wife I saw you beat
I will never be safe
I will never be sane
I will always
be weird inside
I will always be lamae
Now I'm a grown man
With a child of my own
And I swear I'm not
going to let her know
all the pain I have known
Oh Oh
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Daddy gave me a name
My dad he
gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
My dad he
gave me a name
Oooh yeah
Oooh yeah Oooh yeah