'99: Fathers in the Clouds - The Magnetic Fields

I’ve had no need for fathers

Or fathers in the clouds

Out of the sky

There comes this guy

Saying «I…I…I…»

What does one say?

«Where have you been all this time?»

«Where's my back pay?»

«Was your Broadway play sublime?»

There is a lie on my birth certificate

And the other guy would like me to change it

I’ve met each of them twice

Here’s an odd thing

The correspondence is queer

We’ve both written songs

Danced to by Richard Gere

I have no need for fathers

Or fathers in the clouds

Saying «I…I…I…»