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, 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, father of mine

Tell me, where did you go?

Yeah, you had the world inside your hands

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, 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

Yeah, 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

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

Yeah, oh yeah

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 sane

I will always be weird inside

I will always be lame

Now that I'm a grown man

With a child of my own

And I swear I'll never 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) My 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