Whatever you are you´re going to be
Whatever you are is all right with me
You´re going to be what you want anyway
These are the words I heard my father say
When I was a young girl and shy of men

He said when you´re ready you´ll know just when
And when I was taken and thrown away
There wasn´t a reason to face the day

And he said:
Whatever you are you´re going to be
Whatever you are is all right with me
You´re going to be what you want anyway
These are the words I heard my father say

My father soul is clear and easy
And though he´s gone, he lives in my heart
When I go wrong I swear he sees me
And he smiles for a start and he says:

Whatever you are I´m here by your side
My life is a rope that won´t come untied
Oh I´m going to stand by you right or wrong

These are the words within my father´s song
These are the words within my father´s song