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When will my Daddy come back?

Der Song lehnt sich an die Geschicht meines Vaters an, der lange Jahre darauf wartete, dass sein Vater aus der Kriegsgefangenschaft heimkehren würde. Und so fragt er in dem Song die jeweils Mächtigen dieser Welt, wann sein Papi wieder nach Hause kommt.

Krieg ist viel grausamer als das Schicksal eines kleinen Jungen, der auf seinen Vater wartet. Noch viel mehr, wenn unschuldige Zivilisten getötet werden, nur um eigene Ideologie und Machtgelüste zu befriedigen. Wie können Menschen, die Krieg veranlassen oder gutheißen, noch in den Spiegel schauen?

When will my Daddy come back? (Willemer 2006)

When my father was a little boy his Dad was drafted to war
“I will do my patriots duty. At Christmas I will be home“
So the boy has waited so long to his Daddy's coming home
On the day of Christmas he cried these words against the wall

I ask you o mein Führer I ask you o mein Führer when will my Daddy come back?

Then the US-Army marched in To the town where the young boy lived
His Daddy was arrested and he was brought to the camp of the town
The boy went there and saw his Dad Daddy's face looked hard and old
And he waved his hands and his hat but he cried against a wall

I ask you Mr President I ask you Mr President when will my Daddy come back?

Then one day the Americans left and the Russians occured the camp
His Daddy was disposed to the east The little boy didn't understand
A little boy couldn't understand what the Jalta meeting had been
He just wanted his Daddy back and he cried these words again

I ask you comrade Stalin I ask you comrade Stalin when will my Daddy come back?

Ten years have been gone since the war. when Moscow opened the doors
They let all their prisoners go and the boy was waiting for his Dad.
But his Daddy wasn't in the crowd of the fathers that came home
So a little boy sat there and he cried against a wall

I ask you Mr Chancelor, I ask you Mr Chancelor when will my Daddy come back?

This is over sixty years ago when I came to visit my Dad
He looked sad and stared at the wall but then he looked and he said
Today is his hundreds birthday He'll never come at all
So there's nothing remained of him not even a name on the wall

I ask you all the leaders, I ask you all the leaders when will my Daddy come back?

Für einen Rock-Song ist die Aufnahme zu lang. Aber ich wollte den Text auch nicht weiter verkürzen.

Text und Musik: Arnold Willemer 2006
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard: Arnold Willemer
Drums: Dirk Hansen
Bass: André Mocek