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Artist/Band: Conway Twitty
Lyrics for Song: That's My Job
Lyrics for Album: Gold [MCA Nashville] [2006]



(Gary Burr)



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?"

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, 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

Theres no guarentee in the 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

Ev'rything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me

That's my job, you see."



Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with life

And I pray someday I might light as bright as he.



Woke up early one bright fall day to read the tragic news

After all my travels, I settled down within a mile or two

I make my livin' with words and rhymes and all the 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

Ev'rything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me

That's my job, you see."



"Ev'rything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me..."


Album Lyrics: Gold [MCA Nashville] [2006]


Conway Twitty
"Gold [MCA Nashville] [2006]"


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3. Linda on My Mind
4. I See the Want in Your Eyes
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6. Don't Take It Away
7. I May Never Get to Heaven
8. I'd Love to Lay You Down
9. Rest Your Love on Me
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12. Next in Line
13. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
14. Play Guitar Play
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16. Julia
17. That's My Job
18. She's Got a Single Thing in Mind
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20. After The Fire Is Gone
21. I Can't Stop Loving You
22. Crazy in Love
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