Daddy Are You Coming Back?

Story Behind The Song

This is a subject many people can relate to. I show the view point of a young boy who's Dad leaves him, to his perspective an a young adult and on. In time, though the scars are left from his Dad leaving him so young, he realizes that his Dad was truly the one to blame. ALL young children blame themselves for their Dad leaving them, don't they?

Song Description

A male teenager asks the age old question every abandoned boy asks their Father; Daddy are you coming back? This young man questions whether HE is to blame for his Dad leaving his mother and himself. In the last verse, he blames his Father as he should have from the start, but that of course takes time and maturity.

Song Length 3:25 Genre Country - Traditional, Country - Traditional
Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood Poignant, Moving
Subject Dysfunctional Relations, Heartbreak Language English
Era 1990 - 1999

Lyrics

VERSE ONE
Daddy told me that he loved me, yet he went to Tennessee.
and he left my Momma by herself to raise and care for me,
in a trailer with no heat we lived in poverty each day,
and I asked myself what did I do wrong cause my Daddy's, gone away.

VERSE TWO
Momma didn't have much schooling, so she couldn't write or read, but she taught me lessons books don't teach on lust and power and greed.
On the day she died my Daddy left condolences by phone,
and I asked myself did my Dad love Ma cause he left her, all alone.

Chorus One
Daddy are you coming back I'm still your only son,
since Momma passed I need you more than I need any one.
And Daddy I am seventeen I miss ya don't you see I'm asking Daddy, are you coming back, are you coming back to me?

VERSE THREE
As I grew a little older, and I got to be a man,
I decided to see Daddy, I thought I had the upper hand.
When I met the wife and young son, from his other family,
I just asked myself would my Dad leave them like he left my Ma, and me.

CHORUS TWO
Daddy are you coming back I'm not your only son,
your new wife and your young boy say there's room for every one.
But Daddy I won't share ya, and I need a guarantee I'm asking Daddy, are you coming back, are you coming back to me?

VERSE FOUR
I was making love to whiskey, when my Daddy left this earth,
and I think I understand just why I felt I had no worth,
cause I couldn't make my Daddy give a Fathers loyalty.So he could of come back and he should of come back but he wouldn't come back, to me.

Lyrics Cheryl Edelman Music Cheryl Edelman
Producer Cheryl Edelman Label None
This track is on 2 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
matt taylor Great Vocal 4/27/2015
Brian McNulty GREAT SONGS 9/3/2014

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