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
