Secrets In My Daddy's Eyes

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