Another Try

Hey, daddy just lost his pay

What did he do it for?

It never made it through our door

He drank the week away

What can a family say?

There must be a better way

Now, mama, don't start to cry

Let's give him another try

Pick up the telephone

Tell him you want him home

To sit and watch the evenings pass

And readin' The Leaves of Grass

I'm caught in a closing door

It's pinnin' me to the floor

Now, mama, don't start to cry

Let's give him another try

I'm caught in a closing door

It's pinnin' me to the floor

Now, mama, don't start to cry

Let's give him another try

When we're old and gray

And the things we say

Are the things we rarely mean

So why cause a scene?

When things ain't what they seem

'Cause the end result's the same

Now what can a family say?

There must be a better way

Now, mama, don't start to cry

Let's give him another try