I woke up cryin' late at night when I was very young
I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone
my world revolved around him I couldn't lie there anymore
so I made my way down the mirrored hall and tapped upon his door
And 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 and he said

Chorus:
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
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 guarentee in the plans I've made
and if I should fail who will pay my way back home
and he said

::CHORUS::

Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with light
and I pray some day 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
but 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

everything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me

"but you did, you gave me a way of thinking, a way that i could transform into me, but it definantly has helped me through things, like relizing what things are and are not important, i dont even know what else its so a part of me now i cant piont it out, but its funny when i find myself saying things you have said "

That's my job.

My catch phrase to most everyone in my life.  It's my way of brushing off peoples thanks and praise.  Allows me to brush away the fact they might care or mean it cause i don't like the fact someone might actually have a real appreciation for what i do.

The purple paragraph is the lil girl i helped raise.  Two years ago i was pretty much her dad, she really liked who i was in her life and when her world fell apart i was her  rock to lean on. 

I find i'm that person for so many people and i hate to say more and more it's cause that's what i do, it's what i see my role in life to be.  I used to do it cause i wanted to....now i do it cause it's what i am.

That's my job.....should i be worried that it's a matter of business now rather than a matter of heart? 

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