Day After Day lyrics

Dad never started drinking ‘til he was thirty-fiveAnd once he found the powerHe made up for his lost timeGo outside and catch a cricket, then unplug the phoneSaid their singing kept him companyWhen we'd leave him aloneThose were days of feeling awkward,Being seventeen and suchHoping I could find some comfortIn a deacon's daughter's touchI'd spend time out in the desertFeeling lonely with a friendAnd we'd talk about leavingBut it was years before we didOh the time moves slowAnd you can't go where you want to goBut, oh the time slips awayDay after day, day after dayDay after dayWell I found myself a genieSaid she's grant a wish for meAnd all I had to do was love herEndlesslySo I asked my dad about it and he saidSon, life's a game we playSo I closed my eyes, held her and saidTake me awayLet's live in a lighthouse on the Maritime shoreAnd we'll hang a wreath to lonelinessUpon our lighthouse doorBut we never made the ocean, she never followed throughShe said the day she leftY
ou know, I really thought you knewWell I went back home to see my dadAnd I walked through the doorTo his photographs of Hank and JohnnyLying on the floorHank had a hole shot through his mouthAnd Johnny in the headThere were crickets in hallwayAnd Dad awake in bedHe was sitting in the darknessWith just a cigarette lightSaid he went a little crazySometime in the nightI never asked him about the picturesThough it was clear to meHe shot ‘em for the lifeAnd the man he wouldn't be