Hungry Heart d.o.c. July 24, 2024 Paxton, Fabricius, O’Brien

Every Thursday around sundown
When the light began to fall
We would gather in the kitchen
That’s when daddy used to call
He was always on the road then
Taking any job he could find
Sending money when he made some
A worried man with a worried mind

Waiting there, all we knew
We were many miles apart
Looking into mama’s eyes
I saw a hungry heart

She was born and raised in Kansas
Country life was all she knew
She was tough and she was tender
She was family through and through
Daddy finally made some money
Got a job with steady pay
We had food now in the pantry
But daddy was still so far away

Waiting there, all we knew
We were many miles apart
Looking into mama’s eyes
I saw a hungry heart
Looking into mama’s eyes
I saw a hungry heart

Every Thursday around sundown
When the light began to fall
We would gather in the kitchen
That’s when daddy used to call

Tim O’Brien (No Bad Ham Music / admin by Bluewater Music / ASCAP), Jan Fabricius (BMI) and Tom Paxton ( Bristow Songs / SESAC)