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Father I Pray

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Father I Pray

Release date: 3rd October 2019

From Emerald ClassicsTrack 53:22

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About This Track

"Father I Pray" is a track by Swim Deep, from the album Emerald Classics, released 3rd October 2019. The track is 3:22 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Swim Deep.

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Swim Deep

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Lyrics

Father I Pray

Father we move, in different ways
But I am your son, so my love will stay
But I gotta go, and find my own way
So father I pray, push me away

Father we move, in different ways
But I am your son, so my love will stay
But I gotta go, and find my own way
So father I pray, push me away

If I work for you I know
I'll just end up in your boat
So I pray push me away
Into the ocean so that I can learn to float

Father build me a boat
I pray, father build me a boat
Into the ocean so that I can learn to float

Father we move, in different ways
But I am your son, so my love will stay
But I gotta go, and find my own way
So father I pray, push me away

Father build me a boat
And push me away
Father build me a boat
And push me away

You said son don't do what I've done
All these bets that I have made and never won
You left this house in your stride
So I know when there's no money you've got pride

Father we move, in different ways
But I am your son, so my love will stay
But I gotta go, and find my own way
So father I pray, push me away

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Emerald Classics

3:222019

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Album

Emerald Classics

4th October 2019

Track number

5

Release year

2019

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