Rising son, rising sun beating down on me
I'm my Daddy's rising son, world in front of me
But daddy, he ain't smilin' none, what could his problem be?
He just says "My foolish one, you live too dangerously"
But daddy, I ain't hurtin' none spread in front of me
I'd be a fool not to taste the pleasures offered me
But daddy, he just turns away and locks it with a key
Thirty years between us must have changed him bitterly
I took my money into town and spread it gingerly
Every table I laid it some down ...
Wine and women, women, wine taste so honey sweet
Every pleasure overwhelms, knocks me off my feet
If anybody crossed my path, I'd knock them down to size
Self-righteousness and forward flow moved me to the prize
I stay up all night every night, toasting the sunrise
I'm my Daddy's rising son, won't he be surprised
All the prophets prophesied my agonized defeat
All the men I trampled on waited for my sleep
All the women I have wronged waited round with glee
For the big comeuppance that was waiting there for me
It's the way of this mean world, things ain't really fair
The evil deal out from the bottom without a single care
The goodly try the best they can to hold to what is theirs
The sun it rises one more day and I'm still standing here