CAUGHT BETWEEN YOUR DUTY AND YOUR DREAM
Steve Wariner
Album:I Should Be With You
Submitted by: Christopher R.
1/17/2022

Intro: (F) (G) (F) (C/E) (F) (G) (C)

(C) My daddy worked at the (F) foundry (G) Monday through (C) Friday
Come Saturday (F) night he was the (Dm7) leader of the (G) band
(C) He played all the (F) dances (G) down at the BF(C)W
And why he never (F) hit it big I (Dm7) could not underst(G)and
He (C) said someday you'll (F) grow up and (G) have to make your (C) choices
Just like your (F) Mama and (Dm7) I have had to (G) do
And that (C) check that comes on (F) Friday helps (G) Mama feed the (C) family
(F) Singing on the wee(C/E)kend, (Dm7) well, that feeds me (G) too

  (F) I've got my (G) duty (F) and I've got my dr(C)eam
  (F) Neither one's as (C/E) easy or as (Dm7) hard as it might (G) seem
  (F) Someday you'll (C) understand ex(F)actly what it (C) means
  To be (Dm7) caught between your (G) duty and your dr(C)eam

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

(G) Sometimes my (C) Mama and my (F) Daddy come to (C) see me
(F) Sitting on the (C) front row they're so (G) proud
I wonder if they'll (C) ever know just (F) how much they have (C) taught me
They (Dm7) led me to the (F) place I'm standing (G) now (Dm7) (G7/B)

  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

  (Dm7) Caught between your (G) duty and your dr(C)eam (F/C) (C)