My Father's Eyes

My Father's Eyes

lyrics by Eric Clapton

        Sailing down behind the sun,Waiting for my prince to come. Praying for the healing       rain  To restore my soul again. Just a toerag on the run. How did I get here? What have I done? When will all my hopes arise? How will I know him?


Refrain:
When I look in my father's eyes.
          My father's eyes.
         When I look in my father's eyes.
         My father's eyes.


Verses:
Then the light begins to shine And I hear those ancient lullabies. And as I watch this seedling grow, Feel my heart start to overflow.Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him?
What do we play? Bit by bit, I've realized That's when I need them, That's when I need my father's eyes. My father's eyes.
That's when I need my father's eyes. My father's eyes.


Then the jagged edge appears Through the distant clouds of tears. I'm like a bridge that was washed away; My foundations were made of clay.


As my soul slides down to die. How could I lose him? What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized That he was here with me; I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes. I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes. My father's eyes. My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Looking into a 'father's' eyes, how often do we see that we really didn't see at all; like a "toerag on the run. how did I get here?" we wonder. In a simple way Clapton through his music and his lyrics answers the question which has occupied multitudes for eons. "Bit by bit I've realized that he was here with me." as we go about our daily activities, do we make time for what matters to us, for the possibility to hear "those ancient lullabies," as Clapton calls them? In a simple and direct way this can make our seedlings grow.