Dear daddy, it's Father's Day again I wonder if you ever stop and wonder where I've been Dear daddy, it's been so awful long Your little girl has grown, dear daddy This wounded bird you left so long ago Somehow I still miss you so And mama loved you for a moment A moment she'd always regret For you, I guess I was an omen Someone you tried hard to forget And you never saw me coming An un-mistakable mistake I was born and you went running Oh, and you kept running And you're still running Dear daddy, I'm up in Birmingham I wonder if you ever stop and wonder who I am Dear daddy, where have the years all gone? Hope keeps hanging on, dear daddy This wounded bird you left so long ago Somehow I still miss you so I need to move on now But I keep on looking back We're still flesh and blood And nothing changes that This wounded bird you left so long ago She's singing now, but I still miss you so Dear daddy, I still miss you so