Father Of Mine - Everclear

Father of mine

Tell me where have you been.

You know I just close my eyes

My whole world disappears.

Father of mine

Take me back to the day

Yeah 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 love to hear you talk.

You would take me to the movies

You would take me to the beach

You would take me to a place inside

That was so hard to reach.

Father of mine,

Tell me where did you go?

Yeah, you had the world inside Your hands, 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,

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 5-dollar bill.

Yeah, I never understood you Dad

And I guess I never will.

Dad, he gave me a name.

My dad he gave me a name,

And he walked away.

Dad, he gave me a name

And he walked away.

My dad he gave me a name.

Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.

Dad, he gave me a name.

Dad, he gave me a name,

And he walked away.

Dad, he gave me a name,

And 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 close my eyes

And the world disappear.

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 sane,

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 I’m not gonna let her Know all the pain I’ve known.

Then he walked away.

Dad, he gave me a name,

Then he walked away.

My dad he gave me name 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 away), oh yeah