Karaoké That's My Job Conway Twitty

I woke up cryin' 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 want to 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

I 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 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