I walked down your street just this morning I thought I saw lights in the hall Then I opened my eyes and remembered because There was only a half pulled down wall It's funny how memory gets you How narrow a furrow you plough If you hadn't gone when you did where would we be Oh daddy, I'm missing you now Shifting sands, take my hand Where were you, when you were needed Oh daddy I'm missing you now I thought I had finished with crying You see I'm not a child anymore But my own children hold ever so tightly to me And I don't know who needs it the more You worked all your life and got nothing You worked in the cold you were blue You fought against hardship and bullies and blackguards Oh daddy I'd fight them for you