Conway Twitty - That's my job Lyrics

[Shawn]

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 couldnt lay 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.

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.

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.