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Father of mine

Tell me where have you been?

You know I just closed by eyes

My whole world disappeared

Father of mine

Take me back to the day

Yeah, when I was still your golden boy

Back before you went away

Interlude

Father of mine

Tell me where did you go?

Yeah, 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

(Palm mute)

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

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

Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...

yeah, yeah, yeah

(palm mute)

Father of mine

Tell me where have you been?

Yeah, I just closed by 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, I'll never let her know

All the pain I have known

Daddy Gave me a name

Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...

yeah, yeah, yeah and he walked away... etc