Looking Through My Fathers Eyes
The narrator notes how as he gets older he finds himself identifying more and more with his father.
LYRICS & CHORDS:
Intro: (Bm) (D) (A)
(Bm) It often happens at the end
of an(A)other eventful (Bm) day
When my mind is full of other things
And (A) seems to drift away
Like those (Bm) times when I've been shaving
And in the (D) mirror, to my sur(A)prise,
(Bm) Caught off guard I find myself
(A) Looking through my father's (Bm) eyes
(G) Looking through my father's eyes
(D) Looking through my father's eyes
(Bm) Caught off guard I find myself
(A) Looking through my father's (Bm) eyes
(Bm) When I was young my mother
Held him (A) up as a dire (Bm) threat
"I'll tell your Dad, when he comes home!"
Was the (A) axe held over my head
But he (Bm) never was a bogey man
It took me (D) time to rea(A)lise
It was (Bm) only after my mother's death
I got to (A) see things through his (Bm) eyes
(G) Looking through my father's eyes
(D) Looking through my father's eyes
It was (Bm) only after my mother's death
I got to (A) see things through his (Bm) eyes
(Bm) You couldn't say that him and me
(A) Always saw eye to (Bm) eye
No matter what I achieved in life
Was a (A) failure to that guy
But I (Bm) truly loved him dearly
And I'm (D) telling you no (A) lies
A (Bm) shiver passes up and down my spine
When I am (A) looking through my father's (Bm) eyes
(G) Looking through my father's eyes
(D) Looking through my father's eyes
A (Bm) shiver passes up and down my spine
When I am (A) looking through my father's (Bm) eyes
BRIDGE
(F#m) As we're growing older
We (Bm) all seem doomed to see
Our (F#m) parents in the mirror
Staring (Bm) back at who we might be
Till it (G) seems our personality
Is (D) but a thin disguise
One (Bm) more unwitting avatar
(A) Looking through our parent's (Bm) eyes
(G) Looking through my father's eyes
(D) Looking through my father's eyes
(Bm) Caught off guard I find myself
(A) Looking through my father's (Bm) eyes