Father To The Man

from Transience by Wreckless Eric

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lyrics

My dad worked in a factory
I tried it too but I couldn’t do
With the tedium of the everyday
I flunked out I’m not ashamed to say
While he was steady I was a flake
I lived my life from scrape to scrape
Now I’m older I’m a lot like him
History coming back again
I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit
I don’t know what I can do about it
They say the child is the father to the man
I’ll just do what I can

Started out on the factory floor
Worked his way through the boardroom door
Voted for the right wing all his life
Though I tried hard he couldn’t see the light
I loved my dad but I don’t want to be him
A history coming back again
I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit
I don’t know what I can do about it
They say the child is the father to the man
I’ll just do what I can

credits

from Transience, released May 17, 2019
Eric - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar
Steve Goulding - drums
Ross Goldstein - Vox Continental organ
Alex Turnquist - electric 12 string
Amy Rigby - Moog Opus, background vocals

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May 30

The Sound Lounge - Sutton

Sutton, UK
Jun 1

The Engine Room

North Shields, UK
Jun 6

Rock n Roll Brewhouse

Birmingham, UK
Jun 9

Just Dropped In (FarGo Village)

Coventry, UK
Sep 15

The Bedford

London, UK

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