Conway Twitty - That\'s My Job lyrics

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I woke up cryin' late at night when I was very young<br />

I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone<br />

My world revolved around him, I couldn't lie there anymore<br />

So I made my way down the mirrored hall and tapped upon his door.<br />

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And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid! <br />

How will I go on with you gone that way?<br />

Don't wanna cry anymore so may I stay with you?"<br />

He said, "That's my job, that's what I do<br />

Everything I do is because of you, to keep you safe with me<br />

That's my job, you see."<br />

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Later we barely got along, this teenage boy and he<br />

Most of the fights it seems were over different dreams we each held for me<br />

He wanted knowledge and learning, I wanted to fly out west<br />

Said, "I could make it out there, if I just had the fare<br />

I got half, will you loan me the rest?"<br />

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And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid<br />

There's no guarentee in the plans I've made<br />

And if I should fail who will pay my way back home?"<br />

And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do<br />

Ev'rything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me<br />

That's my job, you see."<br />

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Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with life<br />

And I pray someday I might light as bright as he.<br />

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Woke up early one bright fall day to read the tragic news<br />

After all my travels, I settled down within a mile or two<br />

I make my livin' with words and rhymes and all the tragedy<br />

Should go into my head and out instead as bits of poetry.<br />

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But I say, "Daddy I'm so afraid<br />

How will I go on with you gone this way<br />

How can I come up with a song to say, "I love you."<br />

"That's my job, that's what I do<br />

Ev'rything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me<br />

That's my job, you see."<br />

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"Ev'rything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me..."