My father changed the world But no one gave him prizes The scientific world Never realized just what he'd done He kept me warm He kept me warm My father changed the world In many shapes and sizes But critics and their commentators Will never celebrate the work he done To keep me warm Safe and dry Safe from harm And build my home I home I know I home I loved I hope that old man's watching now Father, you get the Nobel Prize Father, you get the Nobel Prize Father, you get the Nobel Prize And no one realized My father ruled the world But time will take its prizes The scientific boy with big ideas Beset by compromises when I came along A foolish boy My troubled mind My wayward ways But still you came To take me home A home I loved I hope you're watching over now Father, you get the Nobel Prize Father, you get the Nobel Prize Father, you get the Nobel Prize And after all this time I realise