Going About My Father's Business Lyrics

Standing in the darkness watching while you sleep
I can hear you softly breathing while I creep
Going about my father's business
Doing my father's time
What's done to me I'll do to mine
I woke up one summer morning he was gone
Soft light through the window breaking for my son
Going about my father's business
Doing my father's time
What's done to me I'll do to mine

Know them by what they do
Let no-one speak for you
Just this I beg of you
Forgive me, forgive me

Someday when we sign the treaty I'll be home
War is long and lasts for ever and I'm your own
Going about my father's business
Doing my father's time
What's done I'll do to mine
What's done I'll do to mine

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Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls Lyrics

Gossip (1986)

Last Train to Heaven Leaps and Bounds Before the Old Man Died Down on My Speedway White Train Randwick Bells Before Too Long Adelaide I Won't Be Torn Apart Going About My Father's Business Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down) The Ballroom Tighten Up I've Come for Your Daughter So Blue The Execution Incident on South Dowling Street Maralinga (Rainy Land) Darling It Hurts Look So Fine, Feel So Low Stories of Me Don't Harm the Messenger Gossip After the Show

Top Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls Lyrics

Before Too Long Darling It Hurts Don't Harm the Messenger Dumb Things Incident on South Dowling Last Train to Heaven Look So Fine, Feel So Low The Execution To Her Door White Train