Simply Being Dad-Harvey Andrews, Graham Cooper/Harvey Andrews/Graham Cooper

[ti:Simply Being Dad] [ar:Harvey Andrews, Graham Cooper] [al:25 Years On The Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Simply Being Dad - Harvey Andrews/Graham Cooper [00:03.07]Written by：Harvey Andrews [00:06.14]Today you phoned [00:07.52]To say hello [00:08.47] [00:09.26]You couldn't come [00:10.28]You had to go [00:11.28] [00:12.17]See a friend [00:12.85] [00:13.56]Stay to tea [00:14.61]You thought [00:15.12] [00:15.66]You ought to just give me a call [00:19.49] [00:22.68]Yes you should have rung on friday night [00:24.82] [00:25.64]But just forgot [00:26.40] [00:27.24]Was that alright [00:28.21] [00:28.83]You knew that I would understand [00:30.59] [00:31.41]I hadn't [00:32.40]Got an evening planned at all [00:36.29] [00:39.97]And there you go again [00:42.69] [00:45.65]Making me count [00:46.90] [00:47.72]From one to ten [00:50.83] [00:52.60]The hardest job I've had [00:55.95] [00:57.90]Is simply being dad [01:02.71] [01:05.81]It's not a role you learn to play [01:07.99] [01:08.69]You improvise from day to day [01:11.37]The crowd who watch have all been there [01:14.13]And shuddered [01:14.66] [01:15.25]In that spotlight glare alone [01:18.32] [01:22.27]You didn't choose you had no say [01:24.66] [01:25.26]I picked you up along the way [01:27.51] [01:28.02]And love can be a heavy load [01:30.53]To gared [01:31.00] [01:31.69]On that long long road to home [01:35.58] [01:39.55]And there you go again [01:42.25] [01:45.12]Making me count [01:46.45] [01:47.10]From one to ten [01:50.32] [01:51.96]The hardest job I've had [01:55.33] [01:57.24]Is simply being dad [02:01.35] [02:05.42]You need space to dance and turn [02:07.47] [02:08.22]I must show that fires burn [02:10.00] [02:10.69]You make mistakes [02:12.01]Learn from pain [02:13.04] [02:13.81]Same mistakes you'll make again next year [02:18.18] [02:21.77]And sometimes [02:22.79]Do I care too much [02:23.97] [02:24.49]Do we collide instead of touch [02:26.68] [02:27.64]Do I provide a helping hand [02:29.58] [02:30.38]Or do I hold you back [02:31.60] [02:32.24]Or stand too near [02:35.10] [02:38.82]'Cause there you go again [02:41.45] [02:44.34]Making me count [02:45.86] [02:46.42]From one to ten [02:49.59] [02:51.08]The hardest job I've had [02:54.57] [02:56.59]Is simply being dad [03:01.18] [03:04.39]So knuckle down and do your best [03:06.55] [03:07.36]You're in the race with all the rest [03:10.07]The hard ones make it all the way [03:12.87]The dreamers [03:13.39] [03:13.89]Just wake up [03:14.67] [03:15.23]One day behind [03:17.89] [03:21.16]When the sun has cold [03:22.54]The evening's come [03:23.66]You've marched on to a different drum [03:26.25] [03:27.14]I know I've said it all before [03:28.86] [03:29.82]But much of life is like a war you'll find [03:34.12] [03:38.19]And there I go again [03:40.88] [03:43.63]Making you count [03:45.69]From one to ten [03:49.05] [03:50.38]The hardest job you've had [03:54.02] [03:55.83]Is simply having dad [03:59.04] [04:00.45]Yes the hardest job you've had [04:05.00] [04:06.63]Is simply having dad