Dad Loves His Work

Lonely hearted hunter don't say nothing
The hunger and the hurt
Got only one law
Never mind your words
Unseen, unheard, unsung, undone
Ain't bot one place left to run

Stand up, stand and fight

Undercover creature that don't see sunshine
Make it in the dark
Don't think twice
Never mind making nice
Black eyes, black sights, black magical rites tonight
There comes a time, babe

Stand up, stand and fight

Don't you worry 'bout me little darling
No, i ain't breaking
I'm shaking and aching
'cause i can't stand waiting
There comes a time to stand and fight

Maximum destruction
Blood red deadheads
Tearing it up, wearing it down
Never mind my name
I'm unclaimed, unnamed and unashamed

I'd like to say
Fan the flames
Stand and fight

You ain't doing nobody no kind of favors
Lying around like a rug on the floor
Sooner or later you've got to stand up
And say you won't take it any more
Stand up, stand and fight

I do believe
I must believe
I think i can begin again
Become again the man i was back when

So i'm walking on your streets again
Feeling now as i did then
I've since become a different man

London town, turn be around
London town, carry me back
O london town, lost and found
And i feel like going back

I can remember lots of time and space
If i lose the name, still i know the faces
Time as come and left its traces

London town, turn be around
London town, carry me back
O london town, lost and found
And i feel like going back

When i grew too old and dull to rock 'n roll
Like to hold on tight to you darling
And when my fires have all burned out
I'd like to think i can still think about
The things i used to sing about
When i was spending all my time alone
By myself and on my own
Seldom seen and quite unknown

London town, turn be around
London town, carry me back
O london town, lost and found
And i feel like going back

Down the end of this barroom,
Out of sight of the light in the window
His mind in his whiskey
And his body in a folding chair
Far beyond repair
I enter his vision
He watches me look for my seat
He makes his decision
And he stands to his feet
Lord, it's a long way down

It happened to me
Wonderful sight
Only for me
Only for you
It happened to be a light shining through
Form one who was lost and found
Just like me and you

Old man says, "young man, my you're looking
Pretty green
Like a stranger to this kind of place
Come sit at my table
Come and look into my face
I've got a story to tell."

"there was a father and son
But that was a long time ago
And when the time came to run
I just couldn't say no
So i left them behind."

It happened to me
Wonderful sight
Only for me
Only for you
It happened to be a light shining through
Form one who was lost and found
Just like me and you

We have seen it before
In times of great sorrow
That human compassion will flow from a well
That has long run dry

It happened to me
Wonderful sight
Only for me
Only for you
It happened to be a light shining through
Form one who was lost and found
Just like me and you

Summer's here
I'm for that
Got my rubber sandals
Got my straw hat
Got my cold beer
I'm just glad that i'm here

Summer's here
That suits me fine
It may rain today
But i don't mind
It's my favorite time of the year
And i'm glad that i'm here

Old man wintertime
He goes so slow
It's ten degrees below, you know
You can take your ice and snow
And let my balmy breezes blow

Yeah, the water is cold but i've been in
Baby, lose the laundry and jump on in
I mean all god's children got skin
And it's summer again

Old man wintertime
He goes so slow
It's ten degrees below, you know
You can take your ice and snow
And let my balmy breezes blow

Summer's here
I'm for that
Got my rubber sandals
Got my straw hat
Drinking cold beer
Man i'm just that i'm here
It's my favorite time of the year
And i'm glad that i'm here, yeah

Believe it or not
I've been waiting for you to come through
Love of my life
Believe it or not
I've been waiting for you to come through
Love of my life

And though the hour grew later and later
I would hold on for one more heartbeat
While my friends around me were calling
"today, today, today, today"

As strange as it seems
I remember your face from before
Believe it or not
Before you and i were washed up
On this alien shore
As strange as that seems

Though the hour grew later and later
Still i'd hold on for one more heartbeat
While my friends around me were calling
"today, today, today, today"

Today the world seems brighter
Light and bright and right somehow
I could not have held on tighter
Waiting for the past to come to pass, no

Once in a dream i've seen myself through your eyes
This you should know
Wading the stream that flows in between you and i
Once in a dream

And though the hour grows later and later
I would hold on for one more heartbeat
While my friends around me were calling
"today, today, today, today"

Mama makes the music and she makes the news
She dances all night in her golden shoes
She's high flying
Going, going , gone
She'll be halfway to heaven by
The hour that the morning comes

And papa's kacked out with his head in his lap
Mama likes to think that he's taking a nap
'cause he's working so hard
Working all night long
He'll be halfway to hell in
The hour that the morning comes

Like a bat out of hell in the moonlight
Like the pieces of the picture
That you broke last night
I'm sure it's going to be all right
I'll be halfway heavy by
The hour that the morning comes

Oh, look at that fool with the lampshade on
Somebody told him he was having fun
But they were wrong
Wrong, wrong, wrong
If he's fool enough he might open his eyes
When the morning comes along

Now look at that secret agent man
Sneaking out of church with blood on his hands
He's for sale
Going, going, gone
He'll be the first to know and the last to go
When the shit hits the fan

Give me a little water
Give me a little wine
You're looking at a man who's been out in the sunshine
Just a little too long
Little bit too long
But i'll be halfway home in
The hour that the morning comes