Daddy's Home

Thursday, 27th December 2007

I guess you probably would have known by now that I am a big fan of Cliff Richard :-)

There was one stage in the 1980s when he would consistently release a "Christmas single" every single year, and that single will invariably reach the Top 10 of the secular UK charts, and on occasions, even the very pinnacle of it.

In 1981, his Christmas single was a remake of a 1960s classic "Daddy's Home". This song reached #2 and stayed there for 4 weeks, held off the top spot by The Human League.

Although the song does not specifically mention the word Christmas, it has a nice festive feel about it. It speaks about a father who has been working overseas, misses his family, and decides to be re-united with the ones he love.



You're my love you're my angel
You're the girl of my dreams
I'd like to thank you for waiting patiently
Daddy's home your daddy's home to stay

How I've waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy's home your daddy's home to stay

It wasn't on a Sunday
(Monday and Tuesday went by)
It wasn't on a Tuesday afternoon
(all I could do was cry)
But I made a promise that you treasured
I made it back home to you

How I've waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy's home your daddy's home to stay
Daddy's home to stay
I'm not a thousand miles away...