Lyrics Absence - Sandpeople

Absence

He works very hard for the dollar
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
She hangs a yellow ribbon raising children with no father
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
He works very hard for the dollar
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
She hangs a yellow ribbon raising children with no father
Absence makes the heart grow somber
She tucks the kids in alone again tonight
After another day of down time
The school year makes a lonely house wife
She tries to tell her kids that they’re not second priority
Daddy’s just busy, see him on the weekend hopefully
She needs more of her husband in the equation
Kids raised without proper elements shouldn’t be done
She loved the man she married, with or without the white collar
Money for college and security doesn’t replace a father
Growing up is very pleasant with presents
But a lack of love and attention soon leads to resentment
A seed needs the proper nourishment to grow
When he gets old, no visits to the nursing home
The weekend came and daddy didn’t catch the flight
The root of evil grew to be the biggest factor in life
Comfort from a piece of paper with a dollar sign
The root of evil grew to be the biggest factor in life
He works very hard for the dollar
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
She hangs a yellow ribbon raising children with no father
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
He works very hard for the dollar
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
She hangs a yellow ribbon raising children with no father
Absence makes the heart grow somber
Worst case I work late, it’s the third shift today
Pay check person payment further investments I make
It’s rare when i’m home, more so when I’m happy
Cologne to mask the smell of sad and guilt on my khakis
Find finance relaxing, ambition built incentive
To fill my life with caffeine, board rooms and taxis
Hotel, continental breakfast and bad sleep
Sad spouse and a well-furnished house on a sad street
But money makes the world rotate, so I get home late
And no amount of peers could make me slow pace
I need to stack our nest egg, our kids deserve the best babe
But little do I know the little ones brew the best hate
So when a workaholic manifest mad strife
The root of evil grew to be the biggest factor in life
And a man can’t depend on his feminine type
The root of evil grew to be the biggest factor in life
He works very hard for the dollar
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
She hangs a yellow ribbon raising children with no father
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
He works very hard for the dollar
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
She hangs a yellow ribbon raising children with no father
Absence makes the heart grow somber