I Never Knew My Father Lyrics

I Never Knew My Father
Kate Wolf
Also on Lines on the Paper 1977
Kate Wolf and the Wildwood with Cache Valley Drifters
Thanks to SpikesMusic for chords
Key of C
IT WAS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY LIFE
THE SECOND CHILD OF A WOMAN WHO TRIED HARD TO RAISE US RIGHT.
SHE MARRIED A MAN, WHEN I WAS JUST A BABE
WHO TREATED ME JUST LIKE HIS OWN, EVEN GIVING ME HIS NAME.
I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
JUST THE SAME."
SOMETIMES I GOT TO WONDERING ABOUT THIS MAN I NEVER KNEW
WHEN I'D FIND MYSELF INTO SOMETHING JUST THE WAY HE USED TO DO
HEARD STORIES ALL MY LIFE OF HOW HE LOVED TO SING
AND HOW HE WOULD TAKE APART AND FIX MOST ANYTHING.
I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
JUST THE SAME."
NOW I CAN'T SAY THAT I DON'T CARE THAT HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
I GET TO ASKING WHY HE DID AND I'LL PROBABLY ASK SOME MORE
MY LIFE'S BEEN GOOD. I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE HAD IT BAD
BUT NOW I'M SEEING YEARS THAT MY DAD NEVER HAD.
I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
JUST THE SAME."