MARK WEIGLE FRANK WAS NOT MY DADDY'S NAME LYRICS

After Mama died, I went through her papers

And found a letter dated 1968

I figured it was probably from my father

Cuz he was on the road a lot back in those days

The letter started out with "how I miss you"

And I wish Mama was still here to explain

Why it was signed "Frank" beneath "I Love You"

When Frank, was not my daddy's name

In the letter, Frank begged my Mom to join him

He said a man should be with his son

That he was sorry now he'd left her hangin'

But he'd been so afraid and much too young

And when he thought of how he'd ever asked her

To give me up, he felt ashamed

And he was ready now to be my father

But Frank was not my Daddy's name

It wasn't Frank who got me up at 5 a.m. to fish

Or taught me how to ride a 2-wheel bike

He's not the one who held me through the night when I was sick

Or made me follow rules I didn't like

Yes I know there's a man out there

Who gave me his flesh and his blood

And I suppose I've got his eyes and hair

But I never got nothing of his love

So the courthouse might have a piece of paper

With a little fact of life that I can't change

But here in my heart I know better

Frank was not my Daddy's name