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