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