Jerry Leger - Daddy's Lantern lyrics

Every night I'd lay down to bed And see my Daddy up ahead A little light coming down the road I knew the lantern was guiding him home A steel rail worker, my Father stood tall In St. Maurice Valley after the 1st World War And every morning when he'd kiss Ma goodbye I never thought that dear Daddy would die Down the road, down the road See the lantern moving slow Down the road, down the road Daddy's coming home Mother was crying in her sleep She had a secret she could not keep "Son, your Father can never come back He went and died out there on the tracks" I ran down the hall and looked outside Into the cold of life's darkest night Here in my prison, alone with despair I hated Daddy for leaving me here Then my walls lit up like flames My window flew open and I heard my name And Daddy shone as bright as he could I knew the lantern had brought him home for good Down the road, down the road See the lantern moving slow Down the road, down the road Daddy's coming home Down the road, down the road See the lantern burning low Down the road Now I know Daddy's coming home