Title: Father, Tell Me Your Homeland [Verse 1] Father, I grew up in America With busy streets and peaceful days But I have never seen your homeland I only hear your stories of the past Sometimes I see you by the window Remembering the ocean far away I want to know the place you grew up The village where you spent your younger days [Verse 2] Father, when you left your homeland What did you leave behind? Your childhood home, the roads you knew The girl you loved, who held your hand Boats were waiting by the ocean Small round boats brought fishermen to shore I never knew the life you left behind Or how you missed that distant home [Chorus] Father, tell me of your homeland The blue sea and the home you knew The ocean breeze across your village The warmth of people, kind and true Father, I want to know your homeland The place where you were young and free I want to know why you still miss it And keep it deep inside your heart [Verse 3] When you left, I had not been born I never knew your joy or pain I only know you worked so hard To give your children a better life Someday, if I visit your homeland Please tell me stories from your past I want to walk the roads you walked And see the sea you knew so well [Final Chorus] Father, tell me of your homeland More than a place so far away It is the place where you once loved Where you began your life’s long way Though I was born in America I still want to know where you belong And if one day I reach your homeland I’ll find it in your heart, Father.
