Didn't Wanna Be Daddy

Jeffrey Gaines

I don't know if they were sons or daughters

I don't know if they had a cure for the world

I only know that I didn't want to see

I only know that I didn't want to be

The one, with all the responsibility

The one, with children at my feet

The one, with the happy family

'Cause I didn't wanna be daddy



I don't know if they'd like bedtime stories

I don't know if they'd like playing in the park

I only know that I didn't want to see

I only know that I didn't want to be

The one, working to provide

The one, with nothing left to hide

The one, feeling so satisfied

'Cause I didn't wanna be daddy



I don't know if they would have loved me

I don't know if they would have grown up right

I only know that I was too young to see

I only know that I was too young to be

The one, like everybody else

The one, like too many of my friends

The one, whose job never ends

So I didn't wanna be daddy