[Verse 1]
Tell me where he’s coming from
Then I’ll know where I’m bound
Mama says if you look long
Then the lost is always found
She says he’s never very far
Just busy on the clock
Mama says "to work is grace"
Better than a man who mocks
Ain’t that right?
[Pre Chorus]
Where’s your daddy?
Tell me, where’s your daddy?
He don’t need to hear a word
To know your spirit’s heavy
Ah, what a "holy" daddy
Tell me, where you tryna hide?
I’ve counted on my fingers
Till there’s nothing left inside.
[Chorus]
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where, where, where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where, where, where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Daddy.... daddy.... daddy...
Where..... where.... where...
[Verse 2]
Believe it or believe it not
There’s a day we lose the light
One day we’re all playing "Dad"
The next we’re ghosts within the night
Will we be the ones they hate?
Or the ones they celebrate?
Just a "source" or men of art?
Who breeds a man without a heart?
Yeah, tell us who!
[Verse 3]
Everyone knows how to make a kid
But who knows how to make a Dad?
Did Mr. Know-It-All get the gift?
The only one he ever had?
Do we suck it from our thumbs?
Where’s the secret being kept?
We’ve bitten all our nails off
While the lucky fathers slept.
[Chorus]
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where, where, where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where, where, where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Daddy.... daddy.... daddy...
Where..... where.... where...
[Bridge]
Where’s your daddy?
Tell me, where’s your daddy?
He don’t need to hear a word
To know your spirit’s heavy
Ah, what a "holy" daddy
Tell me, where you tryna hide?
I’ve counted on my fingers
Till there’s nothing left inside.
[Pre Chorus]
Where’s your daddy?
Tell me, where’s your daddy?
He don’t need to hear a word
To know your spirit’s heavy
Ah, what a "holy" daddy
Tell me, where you tryna hide?
I’ve counted on my fingers
Till there’s nothing left inside.
[Chorus]
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where, where, where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Where, where, where are you, Daddy-where-you?
Daddy.... daddy.... daddy...
Where..... where.... where...