I don't know if they were sons or daughters
I don't know if they had a cure for the world
I only know that I didn't want to see
I only know that I didn't want to be
The one with all the responsibility
The one with children at my feet
The one with the happy family
'Cause I didn't wanna be daddy
I don't know if they'd like bedtime stories
I don't know if they'd like playing in the park
I only know that I didn't want to see
I only know that I didn't want to be
The one working to provide
The one with nothing left to hide
The one feeling so satisfied
'Cause I didn't wanna be daddy
I don't know if they would have loved me
I don't know if they would have grown up right
I only know that I was too young to see
I only know that I was too young to be
The one like everybody else
The one like so many of my friends
The one whose job never ends
So I didn't wanna be daddy