You were there one month of the year, but the calendar is 12 months long
Mother did her very best, but she did it by herself 'cause you were gone
Every now and then you strolled in When you did you tried to lay down the law
I guess you were a pretty good dad when you were there at all

Someone forgot to tell you raising kids is a full time jo
Doors are hard to open when there is no one there to help you reach the kno
The holes of my life that you have missed are enough to sink a ship
A child is not a letter and a photograph held together by a paperclip

Fair weather father!

Getting older I can see how mistakes are easily made
But it doesn't change the fact that it's by the kids whom the price is paid
Fair weather father! Fair weather father!

Never taught me to throw a football
Taught myself to ride a bike
Could have used some fatherly advice with the girls I have liked
Weren't there when I first drove a car
Weren't there when I finished school
Weren't there when I ran away or when I was abused

Where were you? Where were you?