Lyrics:

Father of mine**lf**Tell me where have you been**lf**You know I just closed my eyes**lf**My whole world disappeared**lf**Father of mine**lf**Take me back to the day**lf**Yeah when I was still your golden boy**lf**Back before you went away**lf****lf**I remember blue skies**lf**Walking the block**lf**I loved it when you held me high**lf**I loved TO HEAR YOU TALK**lf**You would take me to the movie**lf**You would take me to the beach**lf**You would take me to a place inside**lf**That''s so hard to reach**lf****lf**Oh**lf****lf**Father of mine**lf**Tell me where did you go**lf**Yeah you had the world inside your hand**lf**But you did not seem to know**lf**Father of mine**lf**Tell me what do you see**lf**When you look back at your wasted life**lf**And you don&ampapos;t see me**lf****lf**I was ten years old**lf**Doing all that I could**lf**It wasn&ampapos;t easy for me**lf**To be a scared white boy**lf**In a black neighborhood**lf**Sometimes you would send me a birthday card**lf**With a five dollar bill**lf**I never understood you then**lf**And I guess I never will**lf****lf**Daddy gave me a name**lf**My daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**Daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**My daddy he gave me a name**lf****lf**Oh yeah**lf**Oh yeah**lf****lf**Daddy gave me a name**lf**Daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**Daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**My daddy gave me a name**lf****lf**Yeah**lf**Yeah**lf**Oh yeah**lf****lf**Father of mine**lf**Tell me where have you been**lf**Yea I just closed my eyes**lf**And the world disappeared**lf**Father of mine**lf**Tell me how do you sleep**lf**With the children you abandoned**lf**And the wife I saw you beat**lf****lf**I will never be safe**lf**I will never be sane**lf**I will always be weird inside**lf**I will always be lame**lf**Now that I''m a grown man**lf**With a child of my own**lf**And I swear I&ampapos;ll never let her know**lf**All the pain I have known**lf****lf**Then he walked away**lf**Daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**My daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**My daddy gave me a name**lf**Then he walked away**lf**My daddy gave me a name**lf****lf**Then he walked away (yeah)**lf**Then he walked away (yeah)**lf**Then he walked away (oh yeah)