Howard Jones - Over & Above lyrics

Half past 12 on a friday night everything's wrong and it doesn't feel right Tried to talk to someone in the bar she didn't like my face I didn't get far When you grow up you're gonna walk big strides just like me When you grow up you're gonna hit the big time wait and see And I listened to his guiding voice like a man who overhears god Over and above what I'm capable of You couldn't take the weight of my purest innocence Over and above what I'm capable of You couldn't take the weight of my purest innocence Are you over So tall daddy used to tower above him symbol of unreachable Time fades icons of perfection cruel result but not intention His values are not the ones I choose he's failed in himself In the blaze of his pride an independence expressed Not there is no guiding voice like a man who loses god Over and above what I'm capable of You couldn't take the weight of my purest innocence Over and above what I'm capable of You couldn't take the weight of my purest innocence Are you over And a man can't understand his father 'til he becomes a father too Now his own son's expectation becomes his own hearts burden new Dad I didn't understand the pressure could it bring them back together Over and above what I'm capable of You couldn't take the weight of my purest innocence Over and above what I'm capable of You couldn't take the weight of my purest innocence