Sons & Daughters

(ian hunter)



There's a place in the city they call the archway

Where we rented three rooms for a dollar a day

And I worked semi-skilled at the capstans for years

And my wife was a good woman but the love disappeared



Sons and daughters, daughters and sons

When a marriage goes down they're the loneliest ones

Sons and daughters, daughters and sons

How I hope they can cope with the damage I've done



I found me a band, I went out on tour

So the kids wouldn't know I was with them no more

When they said, "where's me dad? " she'd say, "he's a star!"

Oh if only stars knew what fools they all are.



Sons and daughters, daughters and sons

When a marriage goes down they're the loneliest ones

Sons and daughters, daughters and sons

How I hope they can cope with the damage I've done



I got a new contract, I got a new life

No more capstans for me and I've got a new wife

Sometimes she gets angry, says she wants a family

Then that nightmare returns like a ghost haunting me



Sons and daughters, daughters and sons

When a marriage breaks up you're the loneliest ones

Sons and daughters, daughters and sons

How I hope you all cope with the damage we done