I remember it well,
I was feeling so blue
So I said to my dad,
what's your boy gonna do?
Then he told me,
he looked me straight in the eye
He said this world is a sham,
you have to do what you can
It's always spinning around,
it's always dragging us down
You gotta work hard,
and keep your head high
It's up, and it's down
But for once in your life
you gotta let it go
Oh, my daddy was an engineer
He said, son, life can be so unfair
Once in a while you'll disappear
Oh, my daddy was an engineer
Instead of making some plans
He had to work with his hands
He said just moving around
Was only dragging him down
He had to work hard
Just to work it all out
True, he had dreams
But his plans and his schemes
They always fell apart
Oh, my daddy was an engineer
He said, son, life can be so unfair
Once anyone, you disappear
Oh, my daddy was an engineer
You gotta take life as it
comes right to love
Deep down you know that life
can suck
It's up and it's down,
but for once in your life
you gotta let it go
Oh, my daddy was an engineer
He said, son, life can be so unfair
Once in a while you disappear
Oh, my daddy was an engineer
An engineer, an engineer, an engineer, an engineer, an engineer,
an engineer, an engineer, an engineer, engineer
My daddy was an engineer
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