Son Of My Father

Album: Son Of My Father (1972)
Charted: 1
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  • Mama said to me: "We gotta have your life run right
    Off you go to school where you can learn the rules there right
    Be just like your dabbling father when it seems tradition
    Never go astray and stay an honest, lovin' son"

    Son of my father

    Moulded, I was folded, I was free from draft

    Son of my father

    Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac'
    Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts
    Tried to let me in but I jumped out of my skin in time
    I saw through the lies and read the alibi signs
    So I left my home I'm really on my own at last
    Left the trodden path and separated from the past

    Son of my father

    Changing, rearranging into someone new

    Son of my father

    Collecting and selecting independant views
    Knowing and I'm showing that a change is due

    Son of my father

    Moulded, I was folded, I was free from draft

    Son of my father Writer/s: Giorgio Moroder, Michael Holm, Peter Bellotte
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Radio Tele Music, Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 10

  • Olivia Wright-bracely from Tewkesbury EngThis song means more to me than life itself. This song is me. I am this song.
  • Bek from Charlotte, NcDoes anyone remember a sports show (maybe featuring Stock Car racing?) that used this song for its
    intro? It aired on Saturday afternoon - may have been regional (I lived in the New Orleans area at the time) or syndicated. This would have been in the early '70s.
  • Frankie from Cranbrook Bc Canada 1977 is when I first heard Son of my Father. It was on some KTel record if my memory is correct. It caught my attention right away with it's cool beat and groove. Just heard it again today for the first time since then. Talk about timeless stuff. Brought back so many memories.
  • Jonathan R Hatfield (jonnie ) from North Riding Of Yorkshire GbrGreat song I knew Barry mayger the bass layer I was friends wth his sons rob Kev and and lee we they ran dog and gun pub in Maidstone nice people rob would remember my red hot car stickers Kev would remember us riding tim Eden’s bultaco trials bike 1986 Good times. I moved back to yorkshire in 1988 fond memories
  • Norma from Leeds, United Kingdomit was an emotional experience for me the first time i heard this song. it seemed to be talking directly at me and summed up my life. thanks chicory tip. luv ya!
  • Pete from Nowra, Australiathanks Clark, got to get me some of that Chicory Tip.........hmmmmm Chicory Tip
  • Jeff from Liverpool, Englandson of my father was also the first uk#1 to use the entertainer rolf harris's 'stylophone' and also was used on david bowies space oddity
  • Clark from Milroy, PaChicory

    Used in salads or cooked like spinach or greens, good-quality chicory will have inner leaves that are crisp and pale green in color. There are a number of varieties of chicory including heading and loose-leaf. Avoid product that has wilted, brown-edged or discolored leaves.

    Chicory is available year-round - depending on the variety.
  • Pete from Nowra, Australiaso what's a chicory tip???????
  • Pete from Nowra, Australiawhat the hell's a chicory tip?????
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