Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Story Of My Father, artist - Abbey Lincoln. Album song The Verve Years, in the genre Джаз
Date of issue: 23.02.2021
Record label: FP
Song language: English
Story Of My Father |
Do we kill ourselves on purpose? |
Is destruction all our own? |
Are we dying for a reason? |
Is our misery all our own? |
Are the people suicidal? |
Did we come this far to die? |
Of ourselves are we to perish? |
For this useless, worthless lie? |
My father had a kingdom |
My father wore a crown |
They said he was an awful man |
He tried to live it down |
My father built us houses |
And he kept his folks inside |
His images were stolen |
And his beauty was denied. |
My brothers are unhappy |
And my sisters they are too |
And my mother cries for glory |
And my father stands accused. |
My father, yes my father |
Was a brave and skillful man |
And he led and served his people |
With the magic of his hand. |
My father, yes my father |
His soul was sorely tried |
'cause his images were stolen |
And his beauty was denied. |
Sometimes the river’s calling |
And sometimes the shadows fall |
That’s when he’s like a mountain |
That is in master over all. |
This story of my father |
Is the one i tell and give |
It’s the power and the glory |
Of the life i make and live |
My father has a kingdom |
My father wears a crown |
And he lives within the people |
And the lives he handed down |
My father has a kingdom |
My father wears a crown |
And through the spirit of my mother, lord |
The crown was handed down. |
(musical interlude) |
Well sometimes the rivers callin' |
And sometimes the shadows fall |
That’s when he’s like a mountain |
That’s a master over all. |
My father has a kingdom |
My father wears a crown |
And he lives within the people |
And the lives he handed down |
My father has a kingdom |
My father wears a crown |
Through the spirit of my mother, lord |
The crown was handed down |
Through the spirit of my mother |
The crown was handed down |
Through the spirit of my mother, lord |
The crown was handed down! |