NOT MY FATHER’S SON

Words and Music by

CYNTHIALAUPER
Arrangement by
STEPHEN OREMUS

Moderately slow = 71
Verse 1:
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Lola:

1. When I was just a kid,

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ev - ’ry - thing I did was to be like him, un - der my

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skin. My fa - ther al - ways thought if

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I was strong and fought. Not like some al - ba - tross, I’d be - gin

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to fit in. Look at

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me, pow - er - less and hold- ing my breath. T ry-ing hard to re-press what

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scared him to death. It was nev - er eas - y to be his type of man. To breathe

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free - ly was not in his plan. And the best part of me

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is what he would - n’ t see. I’m not

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my fa - ther’s son. I’m not the im - age of

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what he dreamed of. With the strength of Spar - ta and the pa - tience of Job,

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still could - n’ t be the one to ech - o

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what he’d done, and mir - ror what was not in

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me. 2. So I jumped in my dreams and

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found an es - cape, may - be I went to ex - tremes of

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leath- er and lace. But the world seemed bright - er six inch - es off the ground. And the

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air seemed light - er, I was pro - found. And I felt so proud

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just to live out loud. I’m not

Chorus:
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my fa - ther’s son. I’m not the im - age of

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what he dreamed of, with the strength of Spar - ta and the

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pa - tience of Job, still could - n’ t be the one

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to ech - o what he’d done, and mir - ror

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what was not in me.

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The end - less tor - rent of ex - pec - ta - tions

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swirl - ing in - side my mind. wore me down.

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I came to the rea - li - za - tion and I

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fin - ’lly turned a - round to see that I

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Charlie:

could just be me. I’m not

colla voce a tempo

Chorus:
D A D A

my fa - ther’s son I’m not the im - age of

Lola &
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Lola:

what he dreamed of With the strength of Spar - ta and the

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pa - tience of Job, still could - n’ t be the one

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to ech - o what he’d done and mir - ror

E A E D(9) Lola:

what was not in me. We’re the

Slightly slower
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same, Char - lie boy, you and me.

Lola: Charlie from Northampton, meet Simon from Clacton.

Charlie: Let’s make boots!
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