When Daddy Got A 'Fro
(Music and lyrics by Scott Ryan)
Gonna tell you all a story 'bout a long time ago;
It's a story that my daddy wouldn't want you all to know.
Nineteen seventy-five or so
Was the year that my daddy went and got himself a 'fro.
He'd seen 'em on the screen and in all the magazines
And there wasn't any telling him no.
Once he had it in his head
It didn't matter that I said
Daddy, no,
Daddy, please,
Daddy, don't you get a 'fro . . .
Everybody said
Come on down, watch your daddy get a 'fro;
See him turned into a feller that you wish you didn't know.
Times are gonna come and times are gonna go,
But you never will forget when your daddy gets a 'fro.
They wrapped him in a bib and they strapped him in a chair
And they stuck a bunch of curly little thingies in his hair
And they slapped him in a cap like swimmers used to wear
And they told him not to move and they left him sitting there.
I snook and took a look while my daddy read a book
But the time was a-draggin' on slow
When we finally saw his head
I remembered how I'd said
Daddy, no,
Daddy, please,
Daddy, don't you get a 'fro . . .
But everybody said
Come on in, see your daddy with his 'fro;
He's been turned into a feller that you'll wish you didn't know.
Times are gonna come and times are gonna go,
But you never will forget when your daddy gets a 'fro.
It was frizzy like a poodle and a-stickin' out to there;
It was saggy in the middle where he'd lost a little hair.
A good stiff breeze set it flyin' everywhere
But he really seemed to like it so I guess he didn't care.
As the years rolled on
It just collapsed till it was gone
But I'd learned my lesson, and so
I've had a lot of fun,
But whatever I've done,
Well, I never never
Never never
Never got a 'fro . . .
(Well, I might have got a mullet
But I never got a 'fro . . . )
Everybody sing
Come on down, watch your daddy get a 'fro;
See him turned into a feller that you wish you didn't know.
Times are gonna come and times are gonna go,
But you never will forget when your daddy gets a 'fro.
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