Happy Campers - Fair Weather Father Lyrics

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 job
Doors are hard to open when there is no one
There to help you reach the knob

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 paper clip

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