My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Lyrics
Hank Williams (Feat. Sr.)
Lyrics
Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow
I can't keep the tears from my eyes
My son calls another man daddy
The right to his love I've been denied.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
Each night I laid there in prison
I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine
That shone through the darkest of nights.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
Today his mother shares a new love
She just couldn't stand my disgrace
My son calls another man daddy
And longs for the love he can't replace.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
Song & Lyrics Facts
Hank Williams, Sr.'s song "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" was released in 1952 on his album Moanin' the Blues. The song was written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose and performed with members of the Drifting Cowboys band including Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar) and Sammy Pruett (electric guitar).
The lyrics tell a sad story about a man who is struggling to come to terms with his son calling another man daddy. He expresses his heartbreak as he laments that his son will never know what it's like to have him as a father.