Madonna: Oh Father Meaning

Tagged: Child Abuse [suggest]

Song Released: 1989

Oh Father Lyrics

It's funny that way, you can get used
To the tears and the pain
What a child will believe
You never loved me

[Chorus:]

You can't hurt me now
I got away from you, I never thought I would
You can't make me cry, you once had the power
I...

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Feb 24th 2013 !⃝
About tough relationship with her father and she was not very close to him.
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Oct 5th 2011 !⃝
i don't know, i think she addresses it to GOD, this is not the biologically father. but The Father.
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May 25th 2011 !⃝
It may not be about abuse. It may just be a difficult relationship in which they don't understand each other.
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Jan 17th 2011 !⃝
Madonna reminisces of her abuse at the hands of her strict father during her childhood.

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