I Never Knew My Father

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It was twenty-five years ago when I
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 began my life
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The second child of a woman who 
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tried hard to raise us right
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She married a man when I was just 
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a babe
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Who treated me just like his own, 
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even giving me his name


CHORUS:
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I never knew my father, I only 
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knew his name
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I never knew the way he moved
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How he talked, or what he said
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Now I'm grown and mama says,
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"You're like your daddy, just the 
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same"


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Sometimes I got to wondering, about 
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this man I never knew
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When I'd find myself into 
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something, just the way he used to 
do
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Heard stories all my life of how 
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he loved to sing
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And how he would take apart and 
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fix most anything


CHORUS:
                C         E7      
I never knew my father, I only 
      Am    F
knew his name
                 G7            F
I never knew the way he moved
                  G7            F
How he talked, or what he said
                  C
Now I'm grown and mama says,
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"You're like your daddy, just the 
C
same"


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I can't say, that I don't care that 
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he died before I was born
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I get to asking why he did, and 
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I'll probably ask some more
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My life's been good and I can't 
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say that I've had it bad
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But now I'm seeing years that my 
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dad never had


CHORUS:
                C         E7      
I never knew my father, I only 
      Am    F
knew his name
                 G7            F
I never knew the way he moved
                  G7            F
How he talked, or what he said
                     C
Now I'm grown and my mama says,
                  G7              
"You're like your daddy, just the 
C      F  C  G  C
same"