Patterson Hood - Rising Son lyrics

Rising son, rising sun beating down on me I'm my Daddy's rising son, world in front of me But daddy, he ain't smilin' none, what could his problem be? He just says "My foolish one, you live too dangerously" But daddy, I ain't hurtin' none spread in front of me I'd be a fool not to taste the pleasures offered me But daddy, he just turns away and locks it with a key Thirty years between us must have changed him bitterly I took my money into town and spread it gingerly Every table I laid it some down ... Wine and women, women, wine taste so honey sweet Every pleasure overwhelms, knocks me off my feet If anybody crossed my path, I'd knock them down to size Self-righteousness and forward flow moved me to the prize I stay up all night every night, toasting the sunrise I'm my Daddy's rising son, won't he be surprised All the prophets prophesied my agonized defeat All the men I trampled on waited for my sleep All the women I have wronged waited round with glee For the big comeuppance that was waiting there for me It's the way of this mean world, things ain't really fair The evil deal out from the bottom without a single care The goodly try the best they can to hold to what is theirs The sun it rises one more day and I'm still standing here