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 MIRRORED
HALL
AND TAPPED
UPON HIS DOOR
AND I SAID DADDY
I'M SO AFRAID
HOW WILL 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
I SAID I CAN 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
EVERYTHING 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 LIGHT
AND I PRAY SOMEDAY
I MIGHT
LIGHT AS BRIGHT AS HE
WOKE UP EARLY
ONE BRIGHT FALL DAY
TO SPREAD
THE TRAGIC NEWS
AFTER ALL MY TRAVEL
I SETTLED DOWN
WITHIN A MILE OR TWO
I MAKE MY LIVING
WITH WORDS
AND RHYME
AND ALL THIS 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
EVERYTHING I DO
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
TO KEEP YOU SAFE
WITH ME
THAT'S MY JOB
YOU SEE
EVERYTHING I DO
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
TO KEEP YOU SAFE
WITH ME