1. First thing I remember was askin' papa, "Why?", For there were many things I didn't know.

2. Well, time and tears went by and I collected dust, For there were many things I didn't know

3. And then, one day in April, I wasn't even there, For there were many things I didn't know.

4. Think it was September, the year I went away, For there were many things I didn't know.

1. And Daddy always smiled; took me by the hand, Sayin', "Someday you'll understand."

2. When Daddy went away, he said, "Try to be a man, And, Someday you'll understand."

3. A son was born to me; Mama held his hand, Sayin' "Someday you'll understand."

4. And I still see him standing, try'n' to be a man; I said, "Someday you'll understand."

Well, I'm here to tell you now each and ev'ry mother's son

You better learn it fast; you better learn it young, 'Cause, "Someday-ay" Never Comes."