I never knew the man, just the memory
of my Momma cryin' and her tellin' me,
"It ain't nothin', Baby,
I'm just missing your Daddy."

It was a strange disease and I was only three
but ever since he died people come tellin' me,
"Your Father was a wonderful man,
you know a lot of people loved him."

Now I'm standing at my Father's grave staring at the stone
What lies there beneath the earth besides decaying bone
Knowing were it not for him, alive I would not be
Wondering what remains of him here inside of me

Now I've lived longer than my Father did
Would I have made him proud of the life I've lived?
I know he used the time he had
tryin' to make things better

A Star of David shines over a soldier's grave
but they don't symbolize what the man believed
The stars in his heaven were red
and he marched in a people's army

Now I'm standing at my Father's grave staring at the stone
What lies there beneath the earth besides decaying bone
Knowing were it not for him alive I would not be
Wondering what remains of him here in side of me

Oh Father
I never knew
Oh Father
I never knew

I never knew