Conway Twitty That`s My Job Lyrics

That`s My Job Lyrics

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.