Plenty of sunshine

Got a lonesome letter from my daddy today His great shoulders carried all of our weight He said for the first time I feel like an old man Treading water waiting for the funeral van

All my friends are gone I'm not what I used to be The house is haunted with so much memory I'm watching the snow fall and the landscape's bleak This is what I wrote to him After a week:

There's a lot of hills to climb before the end of the line There's a dream or two to find the clock is loaded with time There's a vein of gold to mine that's more then nickels and dimes Plenty of sunshine still gets to shine Plenty of sunshine still gets to shine

Now, you've got a family who loves you very much Though we may be far apart we're always in touch It's a dark night of the soul you're going through Believe me I go through the same nights too

One April afternoon the warm sun will start Melting every cold blue ice-berry freezing your heart Pleasure and purpose will return as a friend You'll find some aces up your sleeve once again

There's a lot of hills..