Kate Wolf - I never knew my father

It was twenty-five years ago when ^FI began my ^Clife The second child of a ^Amwoman who tried ^Dhard to raise us ^Gright ^F She married a ^Cman when ^E7I was just a ^Ambabe ^F Who treated me just ^Clike his own, even ^G7giving me his ^Cname ^F

I never knew my ^Cfather, I ^E7only knew his ^Amname ^F I never knew the ^G7way he moved ^F How he talked, or ^G7what he said ^F Now I'm grown and ^Cmama says, "You're like your ^G7daddy, just the ^Csame" ^{F C G C}

Sometimes I got to wondering, about this ^Fman I never ^Cknew When I'd find myself into ^Amsomething, just the ^Dway he used to ^Gdo ^F Heard stories ^Call my life of ^E7how he loved to ^Amsing ^F And how he would ^Ctake apart and ^G7fix most any^Cthing ^F

I never knew my ^Cfather, I ^E7only knew his ^Amname ^F I never knew the ^G7way he moved ^F How he talked, or ^G7what he said ^F Now I'm grown and ^Cmama says, "You're like your ^G7daddy, just the ^Csame"

I can't say, that I don't care that he ^Fdied before I was ^Cborn I get to asking ^Amwhy he did, and I'll ^Dprobably ask some ^Gmore ^F My life's ^Cbeen good and I ^E7can't say that I've had it ^Ambad ^F But now I'm ^Cseeing years that ^G7my dad never ^Chad ^F

I never knew my ^Cfather, I ^E7only knew his ^Amname ^F I never knew the ^G7way he moved ^F How he talked, or ^G7what he said ^F Now I'm grown and my ^Cmama says, "You're like your ^G7daddy, just the ^Csame" ^{F C G C}