Father of Mine by Everclear
Father of Mine by Everclear

Father of Mine

Everclear * Track #6 On So Much for the Afterglow

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Father of Mine by Everclear

Release Date
Tue Oct 07 1997
Performed by
Everclear
Produced by
Neal Avron & Art Alexakis
Writed by
Craig Montoya & Greg Eklund & Art Alexakis
About

“Father of Mine” is the third single from Everclear’s album So Much for The Afterglow. The song was written about when Art Alexakis' dad left his family when Art was young.

It peaked at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart, #23 on Billboard’s Adult Top 40 chart a...

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Father of Mine Lyrics

Father of mine
Tell me where have you been?
You know I just closed my eyes
My whole world disappeared
Father of mine
Take me back to the day
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
Back before you went away

I remember blue skies walking the block
I loved it when you held me high
I loved to hear you talk
You would take me to the movie
You would take me to the beach
You would take me to a place inside
That's so hard to reach

Oh!
Father of mine
Tell me where did you go?
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
But you did not seem to know
Father of mine
Tell me what do you see?
When you look back at your wasted life
And you don't see me

I was ten years old
Doin' all that I could
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
In a black neighborhood
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
With a five dollar bill
I never understood you then
And I guess I never will

(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
My daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
Oh yeah

Yeah
Daddy gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
Yeah
Yeah
Oh yeah

Father of mine
Tell me where have you been?
Yeah, I just closed my eyes
And the world disappeared
Father of mine
Tell me how do you sleep?
With the children you abandoned
And the wife I saw you beat

I will never be safe
I will never be sane
I will always be weird inside
I will always be lame
Now I'm a grown man
With a child of my own
And I swear, I'll never let her know
All the pain I have known

(Then he walked away)
Daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name
(Then he walked away)
My daddy gave me a name

(Then he walked away)
Yeah
(Then he walked away)
Yeah
(Then he walked away)
Oh yeah

Father of Mine Q&A

Who wrote Father of Mine's ?

Father of Mine was written by Craig Montoya & Greg Eklund & Art Alexakis.

Who produced Father of Mine's ?

Father of Mine was produced by Neal Avron & Art Alexakis.

When did Everclear release Father of Mine?

Everclear released Father of Mine on Tue Oct 07 1997.

What did Everclear say about "Father of Mine"?

Art told Songfacts:

That song is one of the very very few songs that are autobiographical. To answer your question, my feelings for my father haven’t necessarily changed, but my feelings about myself after writing that song have been much better. It was kind of a catharsis to put those feelings int...

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