That's My Job

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 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 guarentee 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 life
 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 travels, I settled down within a mile or two
 I make my livin' 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"