One More From The Daddy

My father was simple my mother was kind

They worked night and day and when they'd unwind

My father sang song and my mother would darn

All of us felt safe protected and warm

The touch of a razor produced the first note

And while he got all cleaned up the the songs would float

From bathroom to bedroom from kitchen to hall

His songs were so sweet they pierced every wall.

Let's have one more from the daddy

Became a family refrain

I'll tell you how it came about later

Still we have a laugh, when we hear it again

Let's have one more from the daddy

While still the days of innocence surround

These children in the afterglow of christmas

As yet not outward bound.

Christmas 1958 he brought home a treat

A magic machine that he'd hirec out for the week

A phillips reel-to-reel with a green and a red light

He blew and he tested t'was magic alright

He called for a concert and gave us our head

But if we were slow he'd sing one instead

We were only kids we had no songs at alltrack 10 - these days

These days things are moving much better than they used to move

Maybe i've finally let myself say that there's much less to prove

I used to go running round crazy trying to be more than a man

But i'm doing a lot more lately doing the best that i can.

These days i get less angry when things don't combine

Laughing at how i behave sometimes is more in my line

Whenever that man in the mirror starts to look troubled or blue

I take him aside for a moment and tell him we're just passing through.

These days i'm a lot calmer when the wind runs away with my hat

It might be that i'm a lot saner but i'm not so sure about that

These days i'm a lot weaker when my baby says she's got a plan

I guess i'm more eager to please her 'cause i'm just her loving 'ol man.

These days i got a feeling for home like i never had

It must be the warmth of the woman i love that keeps me in bed

It's only taken a lifetime to get round to changing my ways

But i'm having more fun, getting more done,

Taking it easy these days.

But dad he had a hundred and boy he sang 'em all.

He sang tobermoray and creeshlaw the day

I forgot the words of living doll and he couldn't wait to say

'let's have one more from the daddy while we wait

He sang as i sit here and dear old thomondgate

We did our bits and pieces it didn't take too long

He held the centre stage with song after song

Now as i remember its easier to see

The one that i'm remembering behaved just like me.