Simply Being Dad

[Verse 1]
Today you phoned to say hello
You couldn't come, you had to go
See a friend, stay to tea
You thought you ought to just give me a call

[Verse 2]
Yes, you should have rung on Friday night
But just forgot, was that alright?
You knew that I would understand
I hadn't got an evening planned at all

[Chorus]
And there you go again
Making me count from one to ten
The hardest job I've had
Is simply being Dad

[Verse 3]
It's not a role you learn to play
You improvise from day to day
The crowd who watch have all been there
And shuddered in that spotlight glare alone

[Verse 4]
You didn't choose, you had no say
I picked you up along the way
And love can be a heavy load
To carry on that long, long road to home

[Chorus]
And there you go again
Making me count from one to ten
The hardest job I've had
Is simply being Dad

[Verse 5]
You need space to dance and turn
I must show that fires burn
You make mistakes, learn from pain
Same mistakes you'll make again next year

[Verse 6]
And sometimes do I care too much
Do we collide instead of touch
Do I provide a helping hand
Or do I hold you back or stand too near?

[Chorus]
'Cause there you go again
Making me count from one to ten
The hardest job I've had
Is simply being Dad

[Verse 7]
So, knuckle down and do your best
You're in the race with all the rest
The hard ones make it all the way
The dreamers just wake up one day behind

[Verse 8]
When the sun is cold, the evening's come
You've marched on to a different drum
I know I've said it all before
But much of life is like a war you'll find

[Chorus]
And there I go again
Making you count from one to ten
The hardest job you've had
Is simply having Dad

[Outro]
Yes, the hardest job you've had
Is simply having Dad