What Would You Say to Your Son?
Howard Goodall & Paul Clarkson * Track #2 On The Hired Man: In Concert
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What Would You Say to Your Son? by Howard Goodall (Ft. Paul Clarkson)
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Harry, filled with romantic notions of life as a miner, has signed on at the mine (as his father John did). John, however, has concerns about this, for he knows that the mines are dangerous.
Movement on the stage freezes as John stands and asks the audience: “What would you say to your son if you w...
What Would You Say to Your Son? Lyrics
[Verse 1: Paul Clarkson (as John)]
What would you say to your son
If you were me?
Would you want him to go down there
And try to agree?
Would you tell the truth
When he asked for proof
Of the danger?
[Verse 2: Paul Clarkson (as John)]
What what would you want for your son
If you were me?
Would you put him down a mineshaft
Under the sea?
Would you fill his breath
With a dust-like death?
Would you take him under
Under?
Would you cage him 'til you break him
And condemn him to the black rock?
Cage him 'til you break him
And condemn him to the black rock?
[Verse 3: Paul Clarkson (as John)]
Would you say that to your own son
If you were me?
Would you allow him his own choice?
Would he be free?
Would you shake your head
After all you'd said
Knowing he'd go under
Under?
Down there, where there's no air
And you're locked up with the black rock
Down there, where there's no air
And you're locked up with the black rock
[Conclusion]
What would you say to your son
If you were me?
What Would You Say to Your Son? Q&A
When did Howard Goodall release What Would You Say to Your Son??
Howard Goodall released What Would You Say to Your Son? on Fri May 08 1992.