Jennifer And Kate - Tom Paxton

There is this thing about Fathers

They live in their own zone

They tell you, «Hi, how are you?»

And then hand your mom the phone

At things like sharing feelings

Let’s admit they are not great

But the lucky ones have daughters

Like my Jennifer and Kate

Just as they were as children

So they are as women now

So different from each other

Yet they’re so alike somehow

Each one an individual

Each one a sovereign state

For there’s no one else remotely

Like my Jennifer and Kate

I see their mother in the way

They love this family

They give this family the love

Their mother gives to me

It’s Jennifer the scholar

Jennifer the mom

And when the world goes crazy

Then it’s Jennifer the calm

While Kate the aunt from heaven

Serves up heaven on a plate

For their father thanks his angel

For his Jennifer and Kate

I see their mother in the way

They love this family

They give this family the love

Their mother gives to me

There is this thing about Fathers

They live in their own zone

They tell you, «Hi, how are you?»

And then hand your mom the phone

At things like sharing feelings

Let’s admit they are not great

But the lucky ones have daughters

Like my Jennifer and Kate

Oh, their fathers thanks his angels

For his Jennifer and Kate