That's My Job

That's My Job - Richard Marx (理查德.馬克斯)

I woke up crying late one night

When I was very young

I had dreamed my father

Had passed away and gone

My world revolved around him

I couldn't lay there anymore

So I made my way

Down the mirrored hall

And tapped upon his door

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

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

And 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 guarantees in these 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 he fills the hole with light

And I pray someday I might

Light as bright as he

I 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 living with words and rhyme

And all this tragedy

Should go into my head

And out instead

As bits of poetry

And 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

And everything I do is because of you

To keep you safe with me

That's my job you see