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When You Comin' Home, Daddy?
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He was an F-84 pilot, shot down in North Korea; still MIA
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Charts
#1,643 in subgenre Peak #34
Charts
Peak #174
Author
MaryK
Rights
2000, 2003
Uploaded
February 23, 2004
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MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
I couldn't perform this song without choking up for quite a while. But once I got it to performance quality, I find that my audience chokes up every time-- even politicians!
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Daddy went off to fly an airplane In a long-ago war There wasn't any confusion He knew what he was fightin' for Fiured he was protectin' His wife and family Fighting for our freedom And for democracy When you comin' home, Daddy? Will I see you soon? You never said goodbye, Daddy... Is that your face on the moon? I grew up with your picture Hangin' on my wall Sometimes I cried and wondered If you were alive at all I couldn't take not knowin' Waiting is the hardest part It takes so long mending A sad and broken heart When you comin' home, Daddy? Are you really gone? I think of you and cry, Daddy It's so hard to go on-- wo-oah When you comin' home, Daddy? Will I see you soon? You never said goodbye, Daddy-- Is that your face... on the moon?
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