Twelve-hours shifts were shifts of dreams Twenty hours and sometimes more it seemed You lived your lifetime in just one day A years' work with just a week of pay Never once did I see you down You kept it away from us Tired to the bone and doing the rounds Still you'd play with us You're the man of steel that I look up to Superman doesn't come close The sky was heavy but still you always Shone through To light up the path, that I choose. Jet-black hair is now a shade of gray Every wrinkle tells a story of hard fought days I'm in a debt that I can never repay Because of you I am the man I am today It's hard to come out and say how I feel I'll say it anyway Words can't describe what you mean to me Your cool , your everything I wanna be. You're the man of steel that I look up to Superman doesn't come close The sky was heavy but still you always Shone through To light up the path , that I choose. x2 It's hard to come out and say how I feel I'll say it anyway Words can't describe what you mean to me Your cool, your everything I wanna be. You're the man of steel that I look up to Superman doesn't come close The sky was heavy but still you always Shone through To light up the path , that I choose. x2