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I woke up crying 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?"

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 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. There's no guarentee in the plans

 I've made. And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?"

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 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 travels 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 said, "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....