Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Doesn't like to hear the baby cry   Doesn't like to know about the aches and pains   Of the day gone by   Of the day gone by      But the mother advertised as a bargain wife   She'd make things easy for the rest of his life   And to make herself more appealing   She'd think only of him and forget her own feelings      Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Wants his wife to be a truck driver   Wants his wife to be the gardener   And still look like a Hollywood starlet   And still look like a Hollywood starlet      So the mother gets mad and she leaves town   That brings the father and the baby down   She wants the father to find her   Drinkin' orange pop in a seedy Greek diner      Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Gets her back and gets up in the night   Loves her so much and holds the baby tight   Ain't that enough to make you cry   Ain't that enough to make you cry      Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Fairweather father   Doesn't like to hear the baby cry   Doesn't like to know about the aches and pains   Of the day gone by   Of the day gone by