DEFENDING
(Words and music; Colin Reece)

From the albums Good and Plenty by Colin Reece
and Face To Face by Colin Reece and Ian Cutler

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To my right there stands my father
To my left my only child
Am I a father or a son?
And I can't accustom to the fact
No matter what I say or do
My life is almost done
Tell me father where've you gone
Why am I standing here alone?
The long and dusty lane that leads young people from their parent door is ending

Oh Lord it's ending, Oh Lord it's ending.
The long and dusty lane that leads young people from their parent door is ending.

Well maybe I'm a fighter
Or maybe not
It never seems to matter any more
And my golden gloried yesterdays
Don't seem to bear the glitter
That they used to bear before
Tell me friends where have you gone
Why am I standing here alone?
When we shared our lives and lovers bared our pain to one another is it ending

Oh Lord it's end, Oh Lord it's ending
When we shared our lives and lovers bared our pain to one another is it ending.

And in searching out my love life
Was I reaching out and clutching straws
Enough to fill a sack
Or was it that the last one
Was so heavy and too much to bear
It finally broke my back
Tell me love where have you gone
Now that I'm standing here alone
Well the Lord helps those who help themselves but what about the ones who fell defending

Oh Lord defending, oh Lord defending
Well the Lord helps those who help themselves but what about the ones who fell defending.