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The Cranberries - Ode To My Family

Ode to My Family is a 1994 song recorded by the Irish band The Cranberries. It was released in November 1994 as the second single from their second studio album No Need to Argue.

The song was a hit in most of the European countries where it was released, peaking at number four in France, its highest position in the various international charts. This ballad was less successful than the previous Cranberries' single, "Zombie".

The song is about Dolores's yearning for her simple life as a child after having achieved success and includes a string arrangement composed by O'Riordan.

The lyrics:

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo...

Understand the things I say, don't turn away from me,

'Cause I've spent half my life out there, you wouldn't disagree.

Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like me?

Do you like me standing there? Do you notice?

Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see me?

Does anyone care?

Unhappiness where's when I was young,

And we didn't give a damn,

'Cause we were raised,

To see life as fun and take it if we can.

My mother, my mother,

She hold me, she hold me, when I was out there.

My father, my father,

He liked me, oh, he liked me. Does anyone care?

Understand what I've become, it wasn't my design.

And people ev'rywhere think, something better than I am.

But I miss you, I miss, 'cause I liked it,

'Cause I liked it, when I was out there. Do you know this?

Do you know you did not find me. You did not find.

Does anyone care?

Unhappiness where's when I was young,

And we didn't give a damn,

'Cause we were raised,

To see life as fun and take it if we can.

My mother, my mother,

She hold me, she hold me, when I was out there.

My father, my father,

He liked me, oh, he liked me.

Does anyone care?... [X9]

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo...