Shoulders

My dad has been of working every hour of the night

Just to put the shoes on my feet

How does he get up with a coffee and a smile

Every single day of the week?

Something has changed in the way that he talks

The lines on his face weren't there before but we're growing old

We're growing older

Put me back on you're shoulders

And take me somewhere

Put your arms around my ankles

And lift me up in the air

And when life is complicated

It's so dark out there

Put me back on you're shoulders

Back, on your shoulders, again

See, I've been finding things tough in the last few days

But I guess you'll never know

Trying to be a man, trying to do the right things

Trying to make it on my own

The streets are pretty big and I still get lost

I wanna see your face when the lights go off, ohh

Far from home

So put me back on you're shoulders

And take me somewhere

Put you're arms around my ankles

And lift me up in the air

And when life is complicated

It's so dark out there

Put me back, on you're shoulders

Back, on your shoulders again

One day you'll never know

I have a boy of my own

And I'll try to make a little time

Take him to a park and watch him growing up

And hold him if he ever cries

Put him back on my shoulders

And take him somewhere

Put my arms around his ankles

And lift him up in the air

And when life is complicated

It's so dark out there

I'll put him back, on my shoulders

Back, on my shoulders again