Caught Between Your Duty And Your Dream

My daddy worked at the foundry Monday through Friday

Come Saturday night he was the leader of the band

He played all the dances down at the BFW

And why he never hit it big I couldn't understand

He said someday you'll grow up and have to make your choices

Just like your Mama and I have had to do

And that check that comes on Friday helps Mama feed the family

And singing on the weekend, that feeds me to

But I've got my duty and I've got my dream

And either one's as easy or as hard as it might seem

Someday you'll understand exactly what it means

To be caught between your duty and your dream

I don't have to tell you I grew up and moved to Nashville

Monday through Sunday I'm the leader of the band

And I've got my family sometimes I leave behind me

I travel round the country and play the one night stand

Sometimes I wish I was more like my daddy

And worked down at the foundry and came home every night

But I made my choices and I carry 'em with me

Just like the pictures of my children and my wife

I've got my duty and I've got my dream

And either one's as easy or as hard as it might seem

And he always said that I would know just what it means

To be caught between your duty and your dream

Sometimes my Mama and my Daddy come to see me

Sitting on the front row they're so proud

I wonder if they'll ever know just how much they have taught me

They led me to the place I'm standing now

I've got my duty and he's got his dream

And either one's as easy or as hard as it might seem

Every father's son exactly what I mean

Caught between your duty and your dream

Caught between your duty and your dream