Words and music by Joe Flood, Jungle Curry Music, BMI, administered by BMG
lyrics
Father
Well, Father
They say your home is heaven
But Father
You work twenty four seven
And Father
I don't mean to sound irreverent
But, Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
'Cause I've got
These bills I got to pay
And I got
All work and no play
And I got
A head that's turning gray
Oh, Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
And it's you
Who made a mother of Nature
It's you
But you got to give her way to her
'Cause you
Want to get yours later
Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
It's uppity of me
To give you my sympathy
I know I'm nothing but a man
And I think I know best
But I'm like the rest
With my hand out crying
Help me if you can
And children
You love 'em to the bone
But children
Got minds of their own
We're children
But we think that we're grown
But Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
Some folks
Can't make a move without you
Some folks
Only live to doubt you
Some folks
Just wanna talk bad about you
Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
Some sing your praise
Then act in ways
No father could be proud of
Sisters and brothers
Hurt and kill each other
Dont' they know the word is "love"?
Love, love
It's work
To keep the world spinning
Takes work
To keep the home team winning
Work
And we're just beginning
Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
But it's love
That keeps the world turning
Love
That keeps the home fires burning
Love
But we're so slow learning
Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
Yes, Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
Lord, Lord, you know I sympathize
credits
from All Roads,
released October 17, 2021
Joe Flood: acoustic and electric guitars; 5-string acoustic and slide guitar; mandolin; Dobro; violin; percussion; piano (track 11)
Homeboy Steve Antonakos: electric guitar and slide (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 10); tenor banjo (track 7); acoustic 12-string guitar (track 12)
Neil Thomas: Hammond B3 (tracks 1, 3); accordion (tracks 2, 7); Wurlitzer (tracks 3, 5); piano (tracks 10, 12)
Ron Sunshine: harmonica (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8); claves (tracks 7, 9, 10)
Craig Dreyer: Hammond B3 (tracks 5, 6, 9); piano (track 7)
Mark Herschler: nylon string guitar (tracks 4, 8, 9); electric guitar (track 11)
Andres Villamil: double bass
Scott Kessel: drums and percussion
Background vocals by the Smoking Section Choir: Jerry Dugger, Jono Manson, Ron Sunshine, Joe Flood
Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the
great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information....more
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