Tell me where have you been.
You know I just closed my eyes,
And my whole world disapeared.
Father of mine,
Take me back to the day,
When I was still your golden boy,
Back before you went away.
I remember blu skies walkin the block,
I loved it when you held me high,
I loved to hear you talk.
You would take me to the movies,
Take me the the beach,
Take me to a place inside that was so hard to reach.
Father of mine,
Tell me where did you go?
You hand 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,
Doin all that I could.
It wasn't easy for me,
To be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood.
Someimtes you would send me a birthday card,
with a 5 dollar bill.
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.
Father of mine,
Tell me where have you been.
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 been sane.
I will alwasy 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,
Then he walked away.
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.
Then he walked away.
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