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I woke up cryin’ late at night – when I was very young
I had dreamed my father – had passed away and gone
My world revolved around him – I couldn’t lie there anymore
So I made my way down the mirrowed hall and tapped upon his door
And I said, „Daddy, I’m so afraid!
How would I go on, with you gone that way?
Don’t wanna cry anymore
So may I stay with you?”
And he said
„That’s my job, that’s what I do
Everything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me …
That’s my job, you see.”
Later we barely got along – this teenage boy and he
Most of the fights it seems – were over different dreams
We each held for me …
He wanted knowledge and learning – I wanted to fly out west
„Said I could make it out there – if I just had the fare
I got half, will you loan me the rest?”
And I said, „Daddy, I’m so afraid
Theres no guarentee in the plans I’ve made
And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?”
And he said
„That’s my job, that’s what I do
Ev’rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me …
That’s my job, you see.”
Every person carves his spot – and fills the hole with life
And I pray someday I might – light as bright as he
Woke up early one bright fall day – read the tragic news
After all my travels, I settled down – within a mile or two
I make my livin’ with words and rhymes – and all the tragedies
Should go into my head and out instead – as bits of poetry
But I say, „Daddy I’m so afraid
How will I go on – with you gone this way
How can I come up – with a song to say, „I love you.”
„That’s my job, that’s what I do
Ev’rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me …
That’s my job, you see.”
„Ev’rything I do is because of you
To keep you safe with me.”
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