Country song - Fathers Don't Cry

Описание: Lyrics


You taught me how to build a wall, with steady hands and stone
You taught me how to stand up tall, and how to stand alone
You never showed a single crack in the fortress of your pride
Just a quiet strength, with nothing left to hide
You were the anchor in the storm, the calm within the fray
You were the man who'd say, "It's fine," and wipe my tears away.

And the rule was always written, though it was never said
A silent, sacred promise that you carried in your head...

'Cause fathers don't cry, they just turn to steel
They hide the hurt so the world can't feel the things they really feel
They carry the weight, they bear the cost, they hold the family line
And tell you everything's okay, with a voice that says they're fine
They're the mountain that won't crumble, the oak against the sky
Yeah, everybody knows... that fathers don't cry.

I saw you face the bankers, I saw you face the drought
I saw you face the doctors when the hope was running out
You took the blows in silence, a fighter in the ring
And never let me see the pain the punches had to bring
You taught me courage wasn't loud, it was a quiet, steady hand
The lonely, thankless burden of being a better man.

And the rule was always written, in the language of your eyes
Beneath the calm acceptance, behind the brave goodbyes...

'Cause fathers don't cry, they just turn to steel
They hide the hurt so the world can't feel the things they really feel
They carry the weight, they bear the cost, they hold the family line
And tell you everything's okay, with a voice that says they're fine
They're the mountain that won't crumble, the oak against the sky
Yeah, everybody knows... that fathers don't cry.

But I was standing in the doorway, the winter light was grey
You were holding that old photograph from nineteen-ninety-eight
You thought that you were all alone, you didn't see me there
Just a tremor in your shoulders, a silver in your hair
And for the first time in my life, I saw the waters rise...
A single, perfect, silent tear rolled from your tired eyes.

And fathers do cry, when they think no one's around
They let the steel all melt away without a single sound
They carry the weight, they bear the cost, and then in fading light
They let a lifetime's worth of love and pain just finally take its flight
And the mountain can crumble, the oak can bend and sigh...
'Cause I saw it with my own eyes...
...fathers do cry.

Yeah... fathers do cry.