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I woke up cryin' late at night
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When I was very young
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I had dreamed my father
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Had passed away and gone
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My world revolved around him,
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I couldn't lie there any - more
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So I made my way down the mirrored hall
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And tapped upon his door.
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And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid!
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How will I go on with you gone that way?
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Don't want to cry anymore
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So may I stay with you?"
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And he said, "That's my job,
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That's what I do
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Everything I do is because of you,
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To keep you safe with me
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That's my job, you see."
Verse 2:
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
There's no guarantee
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."
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Every person carves his spot
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And fills the hole with light
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And I pray someday I might
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Light as bright as he.
Verse 3:
Woke up early one bright fall day
To 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 tragedy
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."
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Everything I do is because of you,
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To keep you safe with me.
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