That's My Job-Glen Templeton

[ti:That's My Job] [ar:Glen Templeton] [al:That's My Job] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]That's My Job - Glen Templeton [00:09.98]I woke up cryin' late at night when I was very young [00:16.64] [00:19.50]I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone [00:26.16] [00:28.46]My world revolved around him [00:31.25] [00:31.96]I couldn't lie there anymore [00:35.22] [00:36.58]So I made my way down the mirrored hall [00:41.00] [00:41.73]And tapped upon his door [00:44.48] [00:45.36]And I said daddy I'm so afraid [00:50.71]How will I go on with you gone that way [00:55.11]Don't wanna cry anymore [00:57.30] [00:58.03]So may I stay with you [01:01.02] [01:04.14]And he said that's my job that's what I do [01:12.83] [01:14.63]Everything I do is because of you [01:19.11]To keep you safe with me [01:22.32] [01:24.12]That's my job you see [01:26.61] [01:31.10]Later we barely got along [01:34.30] [01:35.29]This teenage boy and he [01:38.15] [01:39.57]Most of the fights it seems were over different dreams [01:44.77]That we each held for me [01:47.74] [01:49.95]He wanted knowledge and learning [01:52.75] [01:53.96]I wanted to fly out west [01:56.83] [01:57.90]Said I could make it out there if I just had the fare [02:02.70]I got half will you loan me the rest [02:06.61]And I said daddy I'm so afraid [02:11.62] [02:12.13]There's no guarantee in the plans I've made [02:16.58]And if I should fail who will pay my way back home [02:22.72] [02:25.32]And he said that's my job that's what I do [02:34.04] [02:35.71]Everything I do is because of you [02:40.11]To keep you safe with me [02:43.36] [02:45.17]That's my job you see [02:47.51] [02:50.07]Every person carves a spot and fills the hole with life [02:57.04] [02:58.13]And I pray someday I might light as bright as he [03:07.42] [03:13.14]I woke up early one bright fall day [03:16.57] [03:17.58]Just read the tragic news [03:20.05] [03:21.33]After all my travels [03:23.94] [03:24.62]I settled down within a mile or two [03:29.25] [03:31.53]I make my livin' with words and rhymes and all this tragedies [03:38.35] [03:39.75]Should go into my head and out instead as bits of poetry [03:48.04]But I say daddy I'm so afraid [03:53.59]How will I go on with you gone this way [03:58.13]How could I come up with a song to say I love you [04:04.85] [04:10.38]That's my job that's what I do [04:17.53] [04:19.31]Everything I do is because of you [04:23.72]To keep you safe with me [04:27.09] [04:28.77]That's my job you see [04:31.06] [04:33.08]Everything I do is because of you [04:37.36]To keep you safe with me