Daddy's Lantern Lyrics - You Me & The Horse - Jerry Leger

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