Searching for a Father

When I was young, I heard my dad say

"Son, I'm leaving now."

And he said "Other men do as other men please

And Aldous is the name with which I leave you."

And here I am

While all around me things become hysterical

Here I stand

Beneath the robes of Lady Liberty

Searching for a father in America

Searching for a father in America.

I was sixteen

I took a trip

To Washington, D.C.

Just my mom and me

Saw the reflecting pool

And the Capitol

A guy wanked off at the Vietnam Memorial.

Here I am

Staring at a canyon quite deadly

Here I stand

Baptised beneath the falls of Niagra

Searching for a father in America

Searching for a father in America.

Number one: George Washington

Lost his dad when he was one

Jimmy Carter made himself a son of wood

But like Pinocchio

He weren't very good

Lincoln, shot by his son

In the theater, up his bum

Nixon he had no son

Too late, his own son was Watergate

Ronald Reagan, he got shot

For Jodie Foster, quite a lot

Nancy, stupid cow

He can't remember her no more, yeah.

America.

When I am old

I'll find my dad

They'll recreate his body from my DNA

And I'll say "Other men do as other men please

And Aldous is the name with which I grieve."

And now,

Here I am

Seeking my redemption in this heathen land

Here I stand

Amidst the stars and stripes and scientists

Searching for a father in America

Searching for a father in America

I am my own father

I gave birth to me, yeah