Father Of Mine Lyrics - Now That's What I Call Music!

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 

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 

you would take me to a place inside 

that is so hard to reach 

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 ole 

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 

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 be sane 

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 that i'm not going to 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