Secrets In My Daddy's Eyes Lyrics

I was born on the first day of the year back in fifty nine My mama tells me she's still mad at that daddy of mine auf meinen Vater Apparently he called to say he was stuck up in the floods west of Proserpine To this day she reckons he was up there with his mates drinking bottles of wine And she's probably right It's a story he still denies Just goes to show there are still some Secrets there in my daddy's eyes He was definitely a country man selling cattle and sheep Worked a fourteen hour day so mum and the five kids had enough to eat But instead of the cash he'd come home at the end of the week just with a bag of wheat Mama said those farmers aren't the only ones havin' a hard time just to make ends meet And she's probably right It's a story he still denies Just goes to show there are still some Secrets there in my daddy's eyes Oh but when he sat down at that old baby grand The history of hardship and joy flowed right through his hands And we'd lift our little voices in songs just to get close to the man And mama would say come on now John I need a hand She was probably right It's a story he still denies Just goes to show there are still some Secrets there in my daddy's eyes Goes to show I still love those secrets there in my daddy's eyes