Day After Day Songtext
von Darrell Scott

Dad never started drinking till he was 35
And once he found the power he made up for his lost time
Go outside and catch a cricket, then unplug the phone
Said the singing kept him company, when we′d leave him alone
Those were days of feeling awkward, being 17 and such
Hoping I could find some comfort in a deacon's daughter′s touch
I'd spend time out in the desert, feeling lonely with a friend
And we'd talk about leaving, but it was years before we did

Oh the time moves slow
When you can′t go where you want to go
Oh the time slips away
Day after day, day after day, day after day


Well I found myself a genie, said she′d grant a wish for me
And all I had to do for her was love her endlessly
So I asked my dad about it, he said "Son, life's a game we play"
So I closed my eyes and held her and said, "Take me away"
Let′s live in a lighthouse on the maritime shore
And we'll hang a wreath to loneliness upon our lighthouse door
But we never made the ocean, she never followed through
She said the day she left, "You know I really thought you knew"

Oh the time moves slow
When you can′t go where you want to go
Oh the time slips away
Day after day, day after day, day after day

Well I went back home to see my dad, and I walked through the door
To his photographs of Hank and Johnny, lying on the floor
Hank had a hole shot through his mouth, and Johnny in the head
There were crickets in the hallway, and dad awake in bed
He was sitting in the darkness, with just a cigarette light
Said he went a little crazy, sometime in the night
I never asked him about the pictures, no it was clear to me
He shot them for the life, and the man he wouldn't be

Oh the time moves slow
When you can′t go where you want to go
Oh the time slips away
Day after day, day after day, day after day


Oh the time moves slow
When you can't go where you want to go
Oh the time slips away
Day after day, day after day, day after day

Day after day, after day, after day