Dalton Domino - Sixteen Years lyrics

[Verse 1] Sixteen years, sixteen years With a second-born son in my hand Wife got some kind of trouble with her breathin’ But I ain’t missed a single shift Get online from 9 ’til 5 With a late afternoon cigarette Sixteen years, sixteen years And I ain’t got a damn regret [Verse 2] I used up all my paid vacation And I burned every last sick day Down on my knees at the side of the bed Where my sweet little angel lay Explainin’ what happened to her kid When I can’t even comprehend, it is enough To make a God-fearin’ man disregard a bad decision When it comes surfacin’ up [Chorus] [?] family never meant a damn To a man in a suit and a tie Countin’ out dollars versus days on the job Ain’t nothin’ but the bottom line Truth is I’m gettin’ tired of believin’ that The Lord has a greater plan A brand new baby and a wife in heaven How the hell you gonna lay off a man After sixteen years? [Verse 3] If it happened just the way I’d planned, man It’d’a gone off without a hitch Just walk up the steps to the foreman’s desk And give him something he won’t forget And run out the back where my brother will be waitin’ In his truck in the alley on the side But when I slammed through the doors I didn’t hear an engine Just a stop and them flashin’ lights [Chorus 2 x2] [?] family never meant a damn To a man in a suit and a tie Countin’ out dollars versus days on the job Ain’t nothin’ but the bottom line Truth is I’m gettin’ tired of believin’ that The Lord has a greater plan Four years shy of a 20-year pension How the hell you gonna lay of a man After sixteen years? [Bridge] The [?] wants to say I’m crazy D.A. says take a plea ‘Cause there ain’t no jury in De Soto County That’s gonna sympathize with me