[VERSE 1] Tell me where he comes from, say Then I’ll know where I’m bound one day Mama says if you search the ground Eventually, he can be found She says he’s never far away He works so hard, day after day Mama says "working is the key" Better than bad company... Don't you agree? [PRE-CHORUS] Where is your Father now? Tell me, where is your Father now? Without a word, he understands The trouble in these broken lands Ah, Father, quite the case Tell me, where is your hiding place? A thousand times, I’ve counted through My fingers, waiting just for you [CHORUS] Hey! Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, where are you, Papa-Gone? [VERSE 2] What? Believe it or deny the view One day the faith will leave us too One day we’ll all be fathers then And disappear like all the men Will we be hateful in our ways? Or admirable in our days? Donors or geniuses, who knows? Who breeds the careless, do you suppose? [BRIDGE] Ah, tell us who? Look, everyone knows how babies are made But how to make fathers? That plan has decayed Mister Know-It-All inherited the rule Must we suck the answer from a thumb like a fool? Tell us where it's hidden, the truth A thousand times we’ve chewed, forsooth Our fingers down to the bone. [CHORUS] Hey! Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, Papa-Gone? Where are you, where are you, Papa-Gone? [PRE-CHORUS REPRISE] Where is your Father now? Tell me, where is your Father now? Without a word, he understands The trouble in these broken lands Ah, Father, quite the case Tell me, where is your hiding place? A thousand times, I’ve counted through My fingers, waiting just for you... [OUTRO] Where are you, Papa-Gone? (Tell me where...) Where are you, Papa-Gone? (I've counted my fingers...) Where are you, Papa-Gone?
