Lyrics
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 you golden boy,
back before you went away.
I remember blue skies,
walking the block.
I loved the way 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.
Father of mine,
tell me, where did you go?
Yeah, you had the world inside you hand
but you did not seem to know.
Father of mine,
tell me, what do you see
when you look back at you wasted life
and you don't see me?
I was ten years old,
doing 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 dad, he gave me a name.
Then he walked away.
Daddy gave me a name.
Then he walked away.
My dad, he gave me a name.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh.
Daddy gave me a name.
Daddy gave me a name.
Then he walked away.
Daddy gave me a name.
Then he walked away.
My dad, he 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 aways 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'm never going to let her know
all the pain I have known. Oh yeah.
Then he walked away.
Daddy gave me a name.
Then he walked away.
My dad, he gave me a name.
Then he walked away (Yeah.)
Then he walked away (Yeah.)
Then he walked (Oh,) away. (yeah.)