Hard Man
HARD MAN (J.Lee) is a song about and in tribute to my Father. The hardest song I have ever written and sometimes too difficult to perform. Thousands upon thousands of men returned from the war emotionally broken with no help at all. It is now known as Post Traumatic Stress and the damage took its toll on many a family. I know I am not alone when I sing the song. It strikes a chord with many people who have ‘been there’…… The words say it all!
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Hard man
MY HEART WOULD SKIP AND MISS A BEAT AS I HEARD MY HERO'S FOOTSEPS MEET
THE GRAVEL ON THE PATHWAY TO OUR DOOR
HEARD THE SOUND OF A SCRAPING CHAIR AS MOTHER ROSE TO MEET HIM THERE
GIVING TO HER MAN THE THINGS HE NEEDED
HIS FOOTSTEPS HEAVY ON THE STAIRS, HAVE YOU BEEN GOOD AND SAID YOU'R PRAYERS
AND GOD FORBID IF HIS ORDERS WERE NOT HEEDED
NO KINDLY WORDS, NO KISS GOODNIGHT, CLOSE THE DOOR, TURN OUT THE LIGHT
IN OUR SILENCE WE COULD HEAR EACH OTHER BREATHING
WE ALL WORKED HARD TO EARN OUR KEEP, ATE IN SILENCE, DO NOT SPEAK
GOLDEN RULES THAT NEVER COULD BE BROKEN
NO WARMTH, NO SMILE, NO FOND EMBRACE, BEWARE THE HAND ACROSS THE FACE
IN THE SILENCE YOU COULD HEAR YOUR OWN HEART BEATING
LATE AT NIGHT HAVING SAID OUR PRAYERS WE'D SIT ON THE TOP THREE WOODEN STAIRS
AND LISTEN TO THE OLD MAN PLAY ACCORDION
PEACEFULL FEELINGS, LORD BE PRAISED, TONIGHT NO ANGRY VOICES RAISED
LIKE SILENT LAMBS PRETENDING WE WERE SLEEPING
Refrain My daddy was a Hardman...... My daddy was a hard hard ,man
I GREW UP FAST, LEAN AND STRONG AND HONEST KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT BY THIS TIME I HAD STOPPED BELIEVING
NO COMFORT HERE, NO LIFE AT ALL, I SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL
AND COUNTED DOWN THE DAYS WHEN I WAS LEAVING
I HUGGED MY MUM, KISSED HER FACE, THREW A SHIRT AND TIE IN AN OLD SUITCASE
WAY OUT THERE ANOTHER WORLD WAS CALLING
YOU CAN CALL ME BACK IT'S NOT TOO LATE, NO WORDS CAME SO I CLOSED THE GATE
AS MAMA'S TEARS LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES WERE FALLING
refrain WHEN MAMMA WROTE MY HEART WOULD BURN, MISSED MY HOME BUT NOT RETURN
SENT BACK MY LOVE AND PRAYED FOR THERE SAFEKEEPING
I LIVED MY LIFE WITH THE MARK OF CAIN AND WE HARDLY EVER SPOKE AGAIN
AND SAD TO SAY HIS HARDNESS LAY WITHIN ME
WHEN HIS TIME CAME TO TURN TO DUST, I JOURNEYED HOME AS EACH CHILD MUST
GATHERED ROUND HIS GRAVE SOMONE WAS SPEAKING
SOMETHINGS ANGRY, SOMETHINGS SAD, SOMETHINGS GOOD, SOMETHINGS BAD,
SHEDDING TEARS THE YEARS HAD BEEN KEEPING
I HAD NEVER BEEN IN HIS ROOM BEFORE, I TURNED ON THE LIGHT AND LOCKED THE DOOR
HOPING THAT SOMEHOW I MIGHT BE NEAR HIM
IN A CARDBOARD BOX TIED UP WITH STRING WERE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'D NEVER SEEN
PRESSED FLOWERS IN LOVE LETTERS HE'D BEEN KEEPNG
WARTIME MEDALS IN A ROWE WERE THERE COMPLETE WITH RIBBONS AND A LOCK OF HAIR
CHRISTMAS CARDS, KISSES LOVE AND GREETINGS
THEN I READ HIS LETTERS TO HIS MUM AND DAD FROM A FRIGHTENED LONELY SOLDIER LAD
FROM A RED CROSS BED WRITTEN WHILE HIS WOUNDS WERE HEALING
MATHEW FIVE VERSE TWENTY ONE 'THOU SHALL NOT KILL' HIS LINES BEGUN, WORDS HE TOOK FROM A BOOK HE WAS READING
I COULD ALMOST HEAR MY DADDIES SCREAMS, SACRIFICED FOR SOMEONES DREAMS
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS MEND WHAT YOU HAVE BROKEN
I FELT MY KNEES SINK TO THE FLOOR I'D LOST MY DAD IN THAT 'KN WAR
HIS STORY TOLD NOT A SINGLE WORD WAS SPOKEN
I HOPE HE KNOWS THAT WHEN I LOOKED INSIDE I FOUND A GENTLEMAN WITH A GENTLE SIDE
AND SUDDENLY I FELT VERY NEAR HIM
I PUT BACK HIS THINGS WITH A TENDER CARE AS HE MUST HAVE DONE WHEN HE PUT THEM THERE
BECAUSE MY DADDY WAS A HARD MAN.........MY DADDY WAS A HARD HARD MAN.
Hard man
This is a song about and tribute to my Father. The hardest song I have ever written and sometimes too difficult to perform. Thousands upon Thousands of men returned from the war emotionally broken with no help at all. It is now known as Post Traumatic Stress and the damage took its toll on many a family. I know I am not alone when I sing the song. It strikes a chord with many people who have ‘been there’………words say it all!