(Carly Simon)
Fairweather father
Fairweather father

Doesn't like to hear the baby cry
Doesn't like to 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

Wants his wife to be the truckdriver
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 the seedy Greek diner


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
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