Father of Mine

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 walkin' 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

You would take me to a place inside that's so hard to reach

Oh

Father of mine, tell me where did you go?

Yeah, you had the world inside your hand

But you did not seem to know

Father of mine, tell me what did you see?

When you look back at your wasted life, and you don't see me

I was ten years old, doin' all that I could

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, and I guess I never will

Daddy gave me a name

My daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away) Daddy gave me a name

(And then he walked away) My daddy gave me a name

Yeah

Oh, yeah

Yeah

Ay

Daddy gave me a name

Daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away) Daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away) My daddy gave me a name

Yeah

Yeah

Oh, 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 do you sleep?

With the children you abandoned, and the wife I saw you beat

I will never be safe, I will never be safe

I will always be weird inside, I will always be lame

Now I'm a grown man with a child of my own

And I swear, I'm not gonna let her know all the pain I have known

(Then he walked away) Daddy gave me a name

(And then he walked away) My daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away) Daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away) My daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away) Yeah

(Then he walked away) Yeah

(Then he walked away) Oh, yeah