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  • i cant tell you enough how much this relates to me. i am an illegitimate son and have only seen my blood father for a whole of about an hour in my 29 yr life... you've nailed it with this song... i'm not one to ever cry.... but u did it... i guess i owe u my thanks...

  • Awesome...this song really needs to be recorded & out on the airwaves a generation ago. Good work. Thank you for sharing this.

  • but srry about that typo he does love me

  • i love my dad but i think he doesn't love me

  • my son's dad died before he was born and the guy i married didn't want my son after we had our daughter,then one day he stoped wanting our daughter and i look and ask my shef y so i raised my son and daughter the best i could ,My son is married and in the army now and i look back thinking what there life woud of been if they had a dad to show them things i couldnt

  • My dad hates me.. >_> and I could really care less. He's a worthless piece of shit.

    It's weird though, I want a father, but I don't want HIM as a father. =S

  • my dad, was in the army, he died right infront of my eyes. Trying too protect me, i wish i could take it all back now, my dad wasn't just a hero for his country, he was my hero. i'm always gonna make my dad proud, each day. Love you dearly papa. Rip.

  • My father was just a father and was never a dad to me.He was verbally abusive to me and sometimes physically harmed me.I will never know why he was that way towards me. Now I am older, successful in life but find myself wishing to be a father and a dad to someone. I would never be like my father. I find myself guiding,advising and listening to the younger guys at work that did not have much of a father figure,or have a dad in their lives, so I guess I am a dad, at least to them.

  • i miss my dad cause my parents r devorised

  • My kids would be better of without one

  • I have no dad. But I also don't need one.

  • My sons dad isnt around he bailed when i found out i was pregnant he met my son 8 months after he was born was around for 2 onths after tht then left again my son hasnt seen his dad since september this song made e cry. My son does not know his dad i take care of him on my own with help from my parents and its really hard but i do it cuz i love my son and would give the world for him.

  • well done

  • @camryclubofcasper: I feel you. condolences. Just went through the same thing. December 5th 2010. Hayden Lee, daddy loves you more than you know.

  • its my sons first birthday tomarrow i have not seen him yet :'( December 18th 2010 daddy loves you david ethan

  • u make me cryT T

  • lol i actually thought this was one of the recording demos

    and unluckly it not only the guys this happens to.... it more like every child needs a dad

  • As a father I find this song ofensive, I'm sure others do too

  • @ostones no some of us did not have a dad around us i think it is a good song and think asll dads need to here this

  • @ostones as a kid whos father walked out on him as a child, I think you are a pretty lousy father for thinking this is offensive.

  • my dad died when i was 2 im going to grow up without a dad :(

  • I like this song its really good you should send it in somwhere and see if it can get recorded by a pro cuz i do understand this video.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • man these comments are sad i love the song great job

  • MY FATHER SHOWED HIS LOVE WITH HIS FISTS NOW THAT IM A DAD I MAKE SURE IM NOT LIKE HIM

  • It's too bad that songs like this constantly put the sole blame of fatherlessness on dads. In my case and in most cases I have come acroos the dad didn't choose to leave. The Mother and family courts forced him to. My mother used to tell me she didn't need a man to raise her kids but she never hestitated to say I was just like my father when I did something she didn't like. I guess she did need him as a scapegoat and child support.

  • He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.  ~Clarence Budington Kelland

  • can i get the tablature with the cord changes? matthewmckahan@yahoo.com

  • Anyone else start singing 4Non Blondes-whats going on????

  • i read all these comments its so sad my eyes are watery

  • My dad was amazing to me and still is, but this song is very sad and depressing :( BUT i love this song and is a good message :) thanks

  • my father died when i was a wee lad only a couple months old, fighting in the gulf war as a member of the black watch

  • i had a dad,

    but this song is so beautiful that i must cry :)

  • i was taking a duce while wrching his.

  • Great song! I feel so bad for the ones without a father. I know how it feels growing up without one. Some of these comments bring tears to my eyes. Dear God, help those who cannot help themselves and... Help those who can, but won't. Ameen.

  • i found out i was adopted when my "father" was drunk and my mom wouldnt have sex with him...i was 10..i found out this man who used to always come around and give me candy when i was growing up was my seed donor...i visited him for a week...then he issued a restraining order on me...the funny part is, i wouldnt change anything.

  • thats really good :) love the message...its so true

  • My girlfriend has a boy thats only one, hes not mine, but hes never seen his, and I'm doing my best to be his dad, because I know what its like without a dad. I want him to have the best possible life ever

  • @RCFreak26

    Anyone can be a Father, it is the special guys out there like you who are the Daddy's. There is nothing a man can do that makes me respect him more than taking a child as his own. Thank you for doing that for that little boy, as long as you are with him and his mom, he will show you his appriciation by giving you his unconditional love through out his whole life, because to him, you ARE his Daddy.

  • @RCFreak26

    If he ain't blood, he ain't your son. You're taking care of a boy who needs hsi real father. Not some replacement. What if your girlfriend breaks up and your the only ''father'' that boy ever had. What then? Idiot men like you need to get yourselves your own families. Don't get with an already knocked-up woman.

  • @Stagetail "Father" is a name you call someone, it doesn't matter if you aren't the real father or not. Father means more when someone is willing to help take care and willing to help when they have a promblem. If they did break up, the son will be able to look back at the times at what this guy has done and will be thankful for what he has done. And why not get with someone who already has a kid. What if you found someone you really love and they have a kid, would you leave them because of it?

  • @Animegirl1598

    Father is one of the biological bearers of a child. Love or not, he's still not the kids father.

  • @Stagetail so what your saying with this comment is that leave the women that have kids and are lonely to fend for them selfs and there child or children just because you think that a child needs there "Real Father"... what happens if you love that or those childrend as much as your own if you have some already????? i never had my "Real Father" in my life but i had a "Father" in my life whom i love with all my heart.... and am a father to 4 children that never knew there "Father".

  • @YOURREALBALLA

    Then your ''father'' isn't your father. He's your guardian. You're the guardian for your kids right now.And yes, leave the women alone. It's their kids, not yours.

  • @Stagetail Dude what is up with you? Seriously, there are many single moms out there in the world who need help, but with people like you they wont get it

  • @RCFreak26

    Once I ofund out that the girl I'm about to date had a kid, I would bolt. Why take care of a kid who isn't yours? What if you and the girl break up and you were the only one the kid ever knew. You're not his father, so you can't visit him like a REAL father could.

  • @Stagetail Because hes worth it. I know first hand what its like without a dad so i dont let a girl having a kid make me change my mind about the relationship. the cool thing about the one Im in right now, the kid is included, and I have to say, its amazing knowing that his life wouldnt be what it is without my help

  • @Stagetail You know what, that's just a lame thing. I understand where you come from though, but here's the funny thing. I have raised two kids who aren't of my own blood, they are my everything and they call me dad, even though I'm not with their mom, but I still go and see them, I still go and play with them, and I still buy them things, they have NO father because he died after their second child, he got taken out by a drunk driver. I tell those kids that I love them.

  • @Stagetail Those boys will never get to see their dad and that kills me. I grew up without a dad, even though he was there, but his stupid cover band was more important then mine and my brothers needs, so he split and is now homeless, I don't petty him at all. But at least my dad still has a chance to change things, their dad doesn't. So as long as those boys are in my life, I will continue to be their dad even though I know by blood I'm not, but love goes deeper then blood. 

  • im a 13 year old boy and i dont want my dad so bug off

  • @ldt846 somedday youll realize what a dad means to you i never met mine.. i sit here every day and think about it... it sucks not knowing your own dad ... left my mom before i was even born ... so when you grow up and realize what a dad does for you tell him

  • ive watched this video over and over again you got a grip and i honestly think it needs to be mainstriemed to the public so you got my vote when im missing my son the first song i look up is yours ........i want want the single

  • Dad? Is that you? Do you love me now?

  • never met my dad in my life I looked him up in the phone book his wife answered I called back a week later and the number was disconnected I'm 18 and i really wish I had a dad growing up....thx for the song its inspiring

  • I havn't seen or heard from my dad sence I was 3....and I'm 13 now....He's in jail becuase he didn't pay the childs support.........and....i'ma girl.....3':

  • my dad died when i was 4 it is a good song be proud yourself

  • I don't understand how u can dislike this video and feel good about yourself. he put time and effort into this video. Nice video sir

  • My father (who was a drunk, and a drug addict) left my mom and I when I was 6. 10 year later, I've got my mind set on being on being a film maker, makeing horror, and action movies. My step-dad has put me on the track to success. I thank him for everything he's done, and how well he's done.

  • my dad was never there when i needed him. he is kinda a nightmare to me

  • Sorry you to Joshie

  • Poor Jerry, Justice, and Jerry every time I hear this I think of you

  • Beautiful song... Made me cry.

  • This song hits home for me.. My 4 year old son doesn't know his dad because I refused to be his punching bag.. I am blessed with a 6 year old daughter who just remembers the good times... But my son doesn't know him at all because i left his daddy when he was 5 days old.. their father has never wanted to talk to them. his new wife and new family doesn't know about his kids.

  • country music lovers come check out walsh2188 for some good country music.young kid on the come up. come by his cl and show some love....thank you

  • I will put u in my prayers

  • This song and the guy wo wrote this song is right, every boy need a father, and thats something i never had in my life while growing up. I've been on my own since i was sixteen. My mother died when i was only five so it was only me and my father for so many years, and when i was ten all we did was fight, until when my father kicked me out on my birthday, all he gave was freedom from that hell. This makes me think of the past. and how it needed to be changed.

  • made me cry

  • Words so true...My father died when I was 3...I can still remember him holding me on his lap and feel his arms around me..i'm 70... ...yes...girls need a dad too.sometimes more..With all the single parent families..lack of committment and fatherless children God help them. I lost my wife when my youngest daughter was 14..we did alright.

  • You did an excellent job with the composition, lyrics, and performance. The song definitely has promise in the country or christian music realm... could easily convert it into a Christian song as well with another (or different) verse added in at the end. Whichever way you choose to take it I think it has a lot of promise. Best wishes.

  • my dad went to jail when i was born cause he stole supplies for me like diapers,bottles and stuff. and wrote me a letter last week telling me he couldn't live with himself anymore and told me he got only a year in jail, and couldn't bare to see me. the letter was a suicide letter he killed himself cause he thought he was a bad dad. i never saw him, knew what he looked like, or had ever had one. I've been from foster to foster and just wish he knew i just wanted him here for me...

  • @darkblitz90 wow.thats deep. sorry for your lose

  • @darkblitz90 wow sry dude

  • @darkblitz90 Major Respects bro, stay positive and keep moving forward

  • its mainly the fault of weak politicians who make laws to favor women

    the whole radical feminism thing went way too far. we misunderstood the past. the wars have always been rich V poor not men V women. this 1 misunderstanding has now meant weve burned our Bibles, burned families, burned fathers, burnt all men

    men built this world, they created the greatest art they invented the roads the tv's the phones the planes the ships the bridges the wondrous architecture, medicines etc men are great

  • made me cry

  • My father was a drunken drug addict. He would be my mother and I horribly. My mother and I had enough of it, got up and left. 10 year later, I'm 16 years old, confident and don't give fuck what people think of me. I have a Step-Father who cared for my mother and I like my real Dad never would. I refuse to talk to my father. Thumbs up for Step-Dads'.

  • you could sell the song to cmt it would probly become a hit

  • 1:49 just wondering is that philmont?

  • im turning 17 soon and my dad has never been there for me, he hasnt told me happy birthday on my 16th birthday and that night i spent crying cause i felt like i lost my dad, he called me a few days ago and it felt like i didnt know him anymore because i never heard from him in 8 months. I cry everytime i listen to this song! i hope that the people out there that still have there dad in their live, everyday appreciate what they have!!!!!

  • Great lyrics, did you write that with 4-non blondes "whats up" in mind? It reminds me alot of that song....

  • this ones needs a record im real judgemental this ones got tears in my eyes good going dude it ranks right up there with dont take the girl by tim magraw+++

  • this song is sad cuz im 14 and my dad died from a drunk driver when i was 3 :(

    

  • My Dad left when I was 2 (he was kicked out by my mom), She kicked me out when I was 5 yrs old, and kicked out my brother when he was 12yrs old. So it is not always the dad's fault! Ps GREAT song - It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you!

  • @MsJams1234 Your mom's gotta stop kicking people out lol

  • My Dad left when I was 2 (he was kicked out by my mom), She kicked me out when I was 5 yrs old, and kicked out my brother when he was 12yrs old. So it is not always the dad's fault!

  • LOVE THIS!!!! U NEED TO RECORD THIS IN A PROFESSIONAL STUDIO!!!.

  • Maybe sing a little faster?

  • I love the 3-gen pic at 5:09

  • its fathers day, and i have no father...damn this day is always so fukin hard!!!

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  • This should be recorded in a studio. Please let me know if or when you do. Awesome song!

  • Omg! This song is amazing!!!

  • my dad left 4 yrs ago due to drugs

    im only 13

  • Very true, thats why I do the above and beyond for y Daughter. Single fathers aren't as appreciated as we should be. Great song.

  • I love this video mate. It's vary touching and has compelled me to write some poetry. This song reminds me of how greatful I am for having a father like mine. Also I like how you were the one who created the song, keep that creativity alive by writing more songs.

  • my grandpa's name was bill newman! hahaha. AWESOME song

  • i cant get enough of this song...i have mixed emotions of my father, i hate/love him for leaving me. i dont understand wy he left me, i did nothing...i dont know if EVERY boy needs a dad but i know i did, i still do, i just dont know how to forgive. it sure is hard but i gotta stay stong. This song brought me to tears but i idn wat they r for. im usually happy but i guess i really miss MY father nd i cant help to think of all the wonderfull times we could hav had ;-[ thanx for creating this song

  • @rnano12 Before you start to really hate your Dad, find out first why he left. Obviously it couldnt have been your fault. Every real Dad needs his kids, but you might try first to get to understand his reasons for leaving. You said that he had been good to you and your Mum since he realised the error of his ways. He needs, and loves you, forgive and build bridges. Being unforgiving will only tear you up. It's never too late. Good Luck.

  • @mr1168726 my goodness, you probly ave no idea how much i needed to hear that!!! thanx you very much, i may possibly go see him and the rest of my family this holliday season!!

  • @rnano12 GO FOR IT MATE, what have you got to lose? Take Care Eh?

  • i cant get enough of this song....i have mixed emotions of my father, i hate/love him for leaving me. i dont understand wy he left me, i did nothing...i dont know if EVERY boy needs a dad but i know i did, i still do, i just dont know how to forgive. it sure is hard but i gotta stay stong. This song brought me to tears but i idn what they are for. im usually happy but i guess i really miss MY father and i cant help to think of all the wonderfull times we could have had. ;-[

  • im a girl....but when i look at my brother with my dad...i realize that this is correct. because, when it's my dad's weekend to see us, and we drive into his driveway, he is always sitting on the porch wating for us. even if we are late and get there at 11:00 or12:00 a.m. he is always waiting. i love him so much and so does my brother. my daddy texts us goodnight every night and good morning every morning. after school he asks us how was school. i can't wait to show him this. luv you daddy.

  • this made me cry

  • love the lyrics

  • i'm 19 years old, a girl. i havent heard from or seen my dad since i was 10yrs old :'(

  • I got through fine without mine.

  • never met my dad

  • ive met my dad on a tv never  in person afterword he disowned me

  • damn, you're really good.

  • I LOVED the song & video! I'm a single dad of a 15 y/o son. I've been doing my very best to be the father, dad, & mentor my son needs and deserves. I love my son more than he could EVER know (and more so because I had no dad!) I always promised my son that I would never drop him or let him fall. I STILL say and mean this with BOTH literal and figurative meanings. I only hope that someday he (G) will understand, forgive my mistakes, and know that I have ALWAYS loved him and will ALWAYS love him!

  • I cried the whole time. I don't cry. EVER. I'm one manly mother fucker. I miss my Pop ):

  • Wow!! Wonderfully written! So beautiful and true! And actually you have a great voice! You sang it well. The chords were perfect and played well. God has obviously blessed you with talent. Keep using it.

  • im a female and my dad said he was done with me and that he never wants to see my face agian and it kills me everytime! girls need the dad just as much as girls but VERY good song!! :)

  • im a 14 year old girl .. i havent seen or heard from my daad in 8 years .. girls need a dad to!

  • @shaee7755 Like wise i'm just now meeting up with my dad and i'm 17. I've only realy seen him 5 times now...

  • @shaee7755 hayy im 14 to but im a boy and lost my dad when i was 3 and i alwayes think what fun we would have if he was here. friend me on facebook brandon hayes

  • @TheGreenday113

    thats all i think about 2 .. ppl with dads dont realize how lucky they are. buut watever happended, happened i guess i have to live with it .. buut, i just keep telling myslef everything happens for a reason! u find me on facebook shae-lynn lafond!

  • @shaee7755. i couldn't go 8 hours without seeing my son & daughter, he doesnt deserve you x

  • @shaee7755 ur point pf view is correct , & tat was happen in my life too......

  • dont feel  bad mine disowned me from his life after 15 yrs without even phiscally meeting him

  • @Juggalo42093 im soo sorry to here that no body should have to go through thaat! .. just keep ur head  up!! things do geet better .. and if he left your life then you dont need him! you seem to be a very strong person! keep it up!! :)

  • i wish i had my real dad and im 12 i meen i hate it but love your song

  • i wish i had my real dad

  • listen man. you dont give yourself enough credit. i loved it! and i think a lot of other people did too. this is an awesome song. keep it up. write some more!!!

  • This hit home...I've been living with my daughter to help with the kids since their dad walked out, he wasn't happy. What a great song you have here it is so true I was a therapeutic foster parent for nine years people don't understand how abandoning kids really messes them up for the rest of their lives Thank you I hope you go far with this

  • This hit home...I've been living with my daughter to help with the kids since their dad walked out, he wasn't happy. What a great song you have here it is so true I was a therapeutic foster parent for nine years people don't understand how abandoning  kids really messes them up for the rest of their lives

  • Good thought behind the song, but very repetitive and not good musical quality. Take out a few of the 'Everybody needs a father, everybody needs a dad' s from the choruses and it might be ok.

  • I have the best father... he work all the time for us, his children!

    he gives us the true love of daddy, he is getting older now but never stop to give the best for us. mom and daddy are 2 of the best things in my life of God.. thx God :)

  • this song rains so true... i lost my dad to drugs when i wus born and now he sits in jail ... i cant say i miss him but it would have been nice if he wus there when i needed him... i just pray for him everyday!

  • I think that this is the best song in the world, would you please email me at bishoptrent28@yahoo.com so I can tell you my story it was too long to post on here

  • @LuckyBigtime1 - I would like to hear your story, if you want to share -

    htarceno@yahoo.com

    God be with you

  • if u wrote this song you are a geneuis song writer and very talented this sing makes me want to see my dad right now cause im glad i have a father.

  • So sad the government takes fathers away from their sons and daughters.

  • love it!!!

  • i wish i had a dad and a mom i am 26 and never had a family

  • I miss my dad...

  • I think the first part is too fast needs a good even pace but I enjoy the song after the first chorus :)

  • i needed a dad to now im all grown up 18 and that makes me HATE MY DAD SO MUCH why the fuck where you not there for me FUCK YOU DAD FUCK YOU made me suffer all my life why the fuck did you let me live fuck for you could of just left me with someone els not beat me and make me suffer

  • @petercool11 be strong!!

    

  • This is a great song, I wish I could play the guitar so I could put music to my lyrics...You should get with your local up and coming bands to see if they would record it.

  • i grew up without my dad noone could fill that hole i c kids playin football with thers dads and sometime i just cry i love this song just ur guitar overpowers ur voice and idk if it ur recording eqeupment or u just need to speek clearly i dont like ur voice tho just work on the clearity i found my dad last month but hell never be able to make up wuts lost

  • i love this song i wish i had a dad 

  • I'll sing it for you haha

  • i like this alot!!!!

  • I like what you did here, it's beautiful

  • no you dont have to have a dad im with out a dad my dad passtaway and im living a happy life but i still miss him alot *-*

  • i dont have a dad... he eft before i was born i migh not have one but i' be the best dad that any one could be. and if i ever see my dad im kicking his ass so hard for making my ife so hard I HATE HIM i could NEVER learn to love him!

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  • Really good song :) well done :)

  • i give it a 10/10 the best song dont stop making them i lost my dad he left me and my sisters i hope god will give my hope on finding a noow dad?

  • what about every girl needs her dad?! really y is it all about the dads and sons ? =/ =(

  • you good

  • i love this song . my younger brother resents ever meeting our dad because of the things hes seen him do , its horrible but he just wont forgive him for the past .. i pray for him .

  • very nice

  • this is a great song its amazing it brings me to tears .

  • it made me ball

  • amazing!! you sound like billy ray cyrus!! :)

  • i love this song being a dad and not having on make me want to be even a better dad, somtime just don't know if i am doing it wright.

  • Ok this song just had some kids smoking and he said they must have no dad. I have no dad and Im not like that. Not everyone needs a dad

  • I like this song very much I had my son for only two months he was born 6/16/2009 and died 8/09/2009 and even in those two months I loved him cared for him and would do everything for him. God took him cuz he want his lil angle back to watch over me and my baby mama. Tho S.I.D.S is not explained why it happens, it can never be predicted when it will happen. I do agree tho every boy does need a dad to show him a path of success and enlightenment and to all those who are fathers or will be soon w

  • Goodjob man! i'm going to be a father soon! and i agree that this is true.. good song :D

  • very nice

  • i love my dad very much i will mis him when he dies but thank god for leting me have a dad.

  • GOD BLESS YOU DAD,!!

  • @angelita077 i miss my dad he passed away 9/8/2009 2:00pm he was asleep :c

  • i dont like this osng....... i like the meaning/lyrics just not this artist...

  • well all these kids are lucky they have a dad i wish i had one

  • @qasw287 My dad is rarely there for me and my siblings:/

  • @supercandygirl1 i lost my dad when i was 6 but love him very much

  • @qasw287 im with you i wish god will give me hope

    

  • now i know why people who listen to county tend to have higher suicide rate. I am a fatherless and listening to this song make me extremely sad.

  • you sound a bit like billy ray cyrus, in a good way.

  • i didnt have a father for the first few years of my life but me and my brothers were lucky coz after waiting so long we got an amazing dad :)

    love this song.

  • i know i do i dont have a dad

  • so true. :((

  • I love the song, you're an excellent singer. :D

  • I'd like to dedicate this song to you Father, you died in 1991, I don't know where you are, not sure if you're in heaven or if I believe? You left my Mother who was pregnant with me and 5 children.... Not sure why? For many years I though you hated me because you never came to see me? But I just wanted to say that even though it still hurts like hell, that I forgive you Dad... And, I hope you're happy? Were ever you are? Beautiful song!