[ti:Father of Mine] [ar:Everclear] [al:Now That's What I Call Music! 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Father of Mine - Everclear [00:01.41]Father of mine [00:03.53]Tell me where have you been [00:05.97]You know I just closed my eyes [00:08.41]My whole world disappeared [00:11.23]Father of mine [00:13.44]Take me back to the day [00:15.81]When I was still your golden boy [00:18.29]Back before you went away [00:21.36]I remember blue skies [00:23.74]Walking the block [00:25.94]I loved it when you held me high [00:28.61]I loved to hear you talk [00:30.84]You would take me to the movie [00:33.28]You would take me to the beach [00:35.85]Take me to a place inside [00:38.26]That is so hard to reach [00:50.85]Father of mine [00:52.90]Tell me where did you go [00:55.37]You had the world inside your hand [00:57.87]But you did not seem to know [01:00.71]Father of mine [01:02.80]Tell me what do you see [01:05.28]When you look back at your wasted life [01:07.73]And you don't see me [01:09.92]I was ten years old [01:12.70]Doing all that I could [01:15.18]It wasn't easy for me [01:16.11]To be a scared white boy [01:17.74]In a black neighborhood [01:20.08]Sometimes you would send me a birthday card [01:22.68]With a five dollar bill [01:25.10]I never understood you then [01:27.28]And I guess I never will [01:32.18]Daddy gave me a name [01:37.01]My daddy gave me a name [01:39.82]Then he walked away [01:42.26]Daddy gave me a name [01:44.75]Then he walked away [01:46.63]My daddy gave me a name oh yeah [02:01.85]Daddy gave me a name [02:06.94]Daddy gave me a name [02:09.49]Then he walked away [02:11.86]Daddy gave me a name [02:14.51]Then he walked away [02:16.51]My daddy gave me a name [02:20.40]Yeah [02:22.78]Yeah [02:25.01]Oh yeah [02:29.68]Father of mine [02:31.75]Tell me where have you been [02:34.19]Yeah [02:34.42]I just closed my eyes [02:36.70]And the world disappeared [02:39.48]Father of mine [02:41.61]Tell me how do you sleep [02:44.00]With the children you abandoned [02:46.74]And the wife I saw you beat [02:49.11]I will never be safe [02:51.47]I will never be sane [02:54.02]I will always be weird inside [02:56.45]I will always be lame [02:58.68]Now I'm a grown man [03:01.31]With a child of my own [03:03.81]And I swear I'm not going to let her know [03:06.65]All the pain I have known [03:18.82]Then he walked away