father of mine
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tell me where have you been
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you know i just closed my eyes
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my whole world disappeared
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father of mine
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take me back to the day
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when i was still your golden boy
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back before you went away
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i remember blue skies
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walking the block
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i loved it when you held me high
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i loved to hear you talk
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you would take me to the movie
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you would take me to the beach
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you would take me to a place inside
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that is so hard to reach
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father of mine
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tell me where did you go
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you had the world inside your hand
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but you did not seem to know
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father of mine
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tell me what do you see
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when you look back at your wasted life
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and you don't see me
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i was ten years ole
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doing all that i could
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it wasn't easy for me
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to be a scared white boy
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in a black neighborhood
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sometimes you would send me a birthday card
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with a five dollar bill
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i never understood you then
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and i guess i never will
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daddy gave me a name
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my dad he gave me a name
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then he walked away
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daddy gave me a name
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then he walked away
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my dad he gave me a name
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father of mine
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tell me where have you been
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i just closed my eyes
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and the world disappeared
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father of mine
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tell me how do you sleep
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with the children you abandoned
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and the wife i saw you beat
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i will never be safe
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i will never be sane
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i will always be weird inside
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i will always be lame
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now i'm a grown man
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with a child of my own
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and i swear that i'm not going to let her know
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all the pain i have known
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then he walked away
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daddy gave me a name
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then he walked away
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my dad he gave me a name
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then he walked away
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daddy gave me a name
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then he walked away
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my dad he gave me a name
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then he walked away
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Father of Mine
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| Now That's What I Call Music! |
