My Daddy's Eyes

歌詞

My dad worked at the power plant His dad did too I got a job here working third shift Soon as I finished high school They didn't give me insurance But it was $30,000 starting out I had a wife and little baby And dreams of buying us a house And I was the light in my daddy's eyes Yeah I was the light in my daddy's eyes I've been working here for 10 years now My son just started 7th grade And his sister just turned 3 years old And there's another little baby on the way Hadn't had a raise in 8 long years Times are getting kinda tough Since the suits ran off the union Seems like they're the only ones that have enough Daddy just turned 63 He's too old to work but too young to retire He fell last year and hurt his back The hospital bills just keep getting higher They gave him OxyContin Said it would help him with the pain But now he's got another problem And for that one they don't do a goddamn thing And I couldn't see the light in my daddy's eyes Yeah I couldn't see the light in my daddy's eyes My wife and I packed up the kids And we're finally getting out I got a job driving a school bus In this quiet little Alabama town I work from 6 to 6, I get my summers off My wife says the pay is alright The most important thing to me is I get to tuck my babies in at night And I hope they see the light in their daddy's eyes Yeah I hope they see the light in their daddy's eyes