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“Child Is Father of the Man” is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. It is the third track of the second album’s movement.
“Child is father of the man” is an idiom originating from the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth. In a 1966 interview, Wilson mistakenly attributed it...
[Refrain]
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man, father of the man)
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man, father of the man)
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man, father of the man)
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man)
[Verse]
Easy, my child, it's just enough to believe
(I believe, I believe, I believe)
Out of the wild into what you can't conceive
You'll achieve
[Refrain]
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man, father of the man)
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man, father of the man)
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man, father of the man)
(Child, child, child, the child, the child)
Father of the man (Father of the man)
[Instrumental Outro / Intro for Surf's Up]
Child Is Father Of The Man was written by Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks.
Child Is Father Of The Man was produced by Brian Wilson.
Brian Wilson released Child Is Father Of The Man on Tue Sep 28 2004.