Simply Being Dad

Simply Being Dad - Harvey Andrews/Graham Cooper

Written by：Harvey Andrews

Today you phoned

To say hello

You couldn't come

You had to go

See a friend

Stay to tea

You thought

You ought to just give me a call

Yes you should have rung on friday night

But just forgot

Was that alright

You knew that I would understand

I hadn't

Got an evening planned at all

And there you go again

Making me count

From one to ten

The hardest job I've had

Is simply being dad

It's not a role you learn to play

You improvise from day to day

The crowd who watch have all been there

And shuddered

In that spotlight glare alone

You didn't choose you had no say

I picked you up along the way

And love can be a heavy load

To gared

On that long long road to home

And there you go again

Making me count

From one to ten

The hardest job I've had

Is simply being dad

You need space to dance and turn

I must show that fires burn

You make mistakes

Learn from pain

Same mistakes you'll make again next year

And sometimes

Do I care too much

Do we collide instead of touch

Do I provide a helping hand

Or do I hold you back

Or stand too near

'Cause there you go again

Making me count

From one to ten

The hardest job I've had

Is simply being dad

So knuckle down and do your best

You're in the race with all the rest

The hard ones make it all the way

The dreamers

Just wake up

One day behind

When the sun has cold

The evening's come

You've marched on to a different drum

I know I've said it all before

But much of life is like a war you'll find

And there I go again

Making you count

From one to ten

The hardest job you've had

Is simply having dad

Yes the hardest job you've had

Is simply having dad