My Father's Song

Album: Lazy Afternoon (1975)
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  • ?Whatever you are, you're going to be
    Whatever you are is all right with me
    You're going to be what you want anyway?
    These are the words I heard my father say

    When I was a young girl and shy of men
    He said, ?When you're ready, you'll know just when?
    And when I was taken and thrown away
    There wasn't a reason to face the day

    And he said, ?Whatever you are, you're going to be
    Whatever you are is all right with me
    You're going to be what you want anyway?
    These are the words I heard my father say

    My father's soul is clear and easy
    And though he's gone, he lives in my heart
    When I go wrong I swear he sees me
    And he smiles for a start and he says

    ?Wherever you are, I'm here by your side
    My life is a rope that won't come untied
    Oh, I'm going to stand by you, right or wrong?
    These are the words within my father's song

    These are the words within my father's song
    Writer/s: RUPERT HOLMES
    Publisher: HOLMES LINE OF RECORDS INC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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