Lyrics to
Fairweather Father

This version of Fairweather Father was released by Carly Simon in 1976.

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Fairweather father
Fairweather father
Doesn’t like to hear the baby cry
Doesn’t like to about the aches and pains
Of the day gone by
Of the day gone by

But the mother advertised as a bargain wife
She’d make things easy for the rest of his life
And to make herself more appealing
She’d think only of him and forget her own feelings

Fairweather father
Fairweather father
Wants his wife to be the truckdriver
Wants his wife to be the gardener
And still look like a Hollywood Starlet
And still look like a Hollywood Starlet

So the mother gets mad and she leaves town
That brings the father and the baby down
She wants the father to find her
Drinkin’ orange pop in the seedy Greek diner

Fairweather father
Fairweather father
Gets her back and gets up in the night
Loves her so much and holds the baby tight
Ain’t that enough to make you cry
Ain’t that enough to make you cry

Fairweather father
Fairweather father
Doesn’t like to hear the baby cry
Doesn’t like to know about the aches and pains
Of the day gone by
Of the day gone by

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About Lyrics and Fairweather Father by Carly Simon

The lyrics to Fairweather Father are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Carly Simon used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Fairweather Father have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Carly Simon and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Fairweather Father by Carly Simon. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Fairweather Father" means the words set to the music of Fairweather Father, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Fairweather Father and the lyrics to Fairweather Father are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fairweather Father, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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