[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid!
How would 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."

[Verse 2]
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?"

[Chorus]
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."
[Bridge]
Every person carves his spot, and fills the hole with life
And I pray someday I might, light as bright as he

[Verse 3]
Woke up early one bright fall day, read the tragic news
After all my travels, I settled down, within a mile or two
I make my livin' with words and rhymes, and all this tragedy
Should go into my head and out instead, as bits of poetry

[Chorus]
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."

[Outro]
"Everything I do is because of you, to keep you safe with me."