# Who's Your Daddy? {Song Lyrics} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878 "2005-03-04T09:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/1 "2005-03-04T09:54:31Z")
My father was a gambler down in Georgia And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun. **The Allman Brothers** , _Ramblin’ Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/2 "2005-03-04T10:01:58Z")
Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home, And when he died All he left us was alone. **The Temptations** , _Papa Was A Rolling Stone_ ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/3 "2005-03-04T10:13:11Z")
My mother was a tailor She sewed my new bluejeans My father was a gamblin’ man Down in New Orleans **The Animals** , _The House of the Rising Sun_ ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/4 "2005-03-04T11:52:51Z")
Gambler tried to be a family man Though it didn’t suit his style He thought he had him a winning combination So he took us where the stakes were high Her parents warned her Tried to reason with her Never kept their disappointment hid They all went to pieces when the bad luck hit Stuck in the middle, I was the kid _Mama Couldn’t Be Persuaded_ **Warren Zevon** ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/5 "2005-03-04T12:17:43Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Papa was a rolling stone > Wherever he laid his hat was his home, > And when he died > All he left us was alone. > > **The Temptations** , _Papa Was A Rolling Stone_ Is this correct? I always took the last line to be “all he left us was a loan”. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/6 "2005-03-04T12:31:34Z")
Daddy was a cop On the east side of Chicago Back in the USA Back in the bad old days **Paper Lace** - _The Night Chicago Died_ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/7 "2005-03-04T12:39:18Z")
My old man gets drunk and beats up his children And he spends his packet on cheap whiskey and barroom tarts And he’s got a bleeding ulcer And he swears ‘til he’s bleedin’ hoarse And he can’t control his temper My old man’s a joke Workin’ for the company And they laugh at him, what a piece of human waste He’s not alive But he ain’t dead yet Smoking pot? Try cigarettes Three cheers for my old man **Essay: Me Dad** - _Nobby Clegg & The Civilians_ ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/8 "2005-03-04T13:33:23Z")
_An only child alone and wild A cab’net maker’s son His hands were meant for diff’rent work And his heart was known to none_ Dan Fogelberg, Leader of the band ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/9 "2005-03-04T13:40:56Z")
I was born in Macon, Georgia They kept my dad in the Macon jail My Daddy said “Son, if you keep you hands clean You won’t hear them blood hounds on your trail” **Jason Ringenberg,** I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Original lyrics by **J. Babcock** ) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/10 "2005-03-04T13:45:13Z")
Mama was a looker Lord how she shined Papa was a good’n but the jealous kind Papa loved Mama Mama loved men Mama’s in the graveyard Papa’s in the pen **Papa Loved Mama** - Garth Brooks ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/11 "2005-03-04T13:59:38Z")
Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain, I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain, Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life, The working, the working, just the working life. **Factory** - Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/12 "2005-03-04T14:02:53Z")
My father was a lighthouse keeper Watched the ladies in their gowns Watched the waves getting steeper Watched the ships going down **Incredible String Band** , _My Father Was a Lighthouse Keeper_ ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/13 "2005-03-04T14:16:29Z")
Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge, Bought it at an auction at the Mason’s Lodge. Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side, Just shot a coat of primer, then he looked inside. Well, him and my uncle tore that engine down I still remember that rumblin’ sound Well, the sheriff came around in the middle of the night, Heard mama cryin’, knew something wasn’t right. He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load, You could smell the whiskey burnin’ down Copperhead Road. **Steve Earle** , _Copperhead Road_ ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/14 "2005-03-04T14:22:05Z")
Father? Yes, son? I want to kill you. **The End** The Doors. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Detritus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@Detritus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detritus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/15 "2005-03-04T14:25:19Z")
I had a dad Big and strong Then I turned around and I found my daddy gone He was the one who made me What I am today It’s up to me now My daddy has gone away **Had A Dad** --Jane’s Addiction ---
**Author:** ![Detritus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@Detritus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detritus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/16 "2005-03-04T14:32:29Z")
How about [Mom lyrics](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5909887#post5909887)? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/17 "2005-03-04T14:41:49Z")
What’s your name? Who’s your Daddy? Is he rich, is he rich like me? Has he taken eany time to show you What you need to live? “Time of the Season” by the Zombies ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/18 "2005-03-04T15:17:54Z")
The Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car line Had a thing for the ladies for which he did time He reaped a little more than he could sow Oh the pleasure the mormons in Utah know -Ding Dong Daddy Cherry Poppin’ Daddies ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/19 "2005-03-04T15:27:22Z")
My father was a man of power Whom everyone obeyed **Jethro Tull** , _Thick as a Brick_ ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878/20 "2005-03-04T15:58:46Z")
“Daddy?” "Yes son? “What does regret mean?” “Well the funny thing about regret is, it’s better to regret something you have done than somethig you haven’t…and son, if you see your mother, tell her SATANsatansatan.” “The five o’clock whilstle’s on the blink. the whistle won’t blow and wadda think my papa’s still in the factory 'cause he don’t know what tiiiiiiiime it happens to be.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-daddy-song-lyrics/292878.md?page=2)