A boy walks past a window of a glowin’ open sign   Full of wooden toys and trucks and painted trains Rings a bell up on the counter hands a picture to the man Of a kid beside a soldier smiling away Said "Sir I’ve heard you can build anything" Could you build me a daddy? Strong as Superman Make him ten feet tall with a southern drawl And a crooked smile if you can ’Cause I sure miss him Maybe you could bring him back? If I walked in with him it’d sure make mama happy If you could build me a daddy There’s an old Winchester rifle back home hangin’ on the wall He promised me he’d teach me how to aim And he said when I got older we could work on that curveball I know he’d never wanna miss a game So here’s a little money that I’ve saved Could you build me a daddy? Strong as Superman Make him ten feet tall with a southern drawl And a crooked smile if you can ’Cause I sure miss him Maybe you could bring him back? If I walked in with him it’d sure make mama happy If you could build me a daddy Give him a big heart make his arms wide open I know he misses me so mister I was hopin’ You could build me a daddy Strong as Superman Make him ten feet tall with a southern drawl And a fishing pole in his hand ’Cause I sure miss him Maybe you could bring him back? If I walked in with him it’d sure make my mama happy If you could you build me a daddy Could you build me a daddy?

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson raconte l'histoire touchante d'un jeune garçon qui, en passant devant un magasin de jouets, demande à un homme s'il peut lui fabriquer un papa. Il évoque sa nostalgie pour son père, un soldat, et imagine à quoi il ressemblerait : un homme fort, aimant, avec un accent du Sud et un grand sourire, qui saurait l’aider à jouer au baseball et qui serait là pour le soutenir. Le garçon souhaite ardemment retrouver cette figure paternelle pour apporter de la joie à sa maman. Le contexte semble être celui de la perte et du désir de retrouver un être cher, en mettant en lumière les liens familiaux et l'innocence de l'enfance. C'est une demande profondément humaine, révélant un sentiment d’amour et de manque qui parle à beaucoup.