Lyrics:

Rising son, rising sun, beating down on me
I'm my daddy's rising son, the 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, she's 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
The thirty years years between us must, have changed him bitterly

I took my money into town, and spread it gingerly
Every table I laid some down, flowed so eagerly
Wine and women, women, wine, taste so honey sweet
Every pleasure, overwhelming, 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 stayed up all night every night, toasting the sunrise
I'm my daddy's rising son, won't he be surprised?

All the prophet prophesized, my agonized defeat
All the men I trampled on, waited for my sleep
All the women I had wronged, waited round with glee
For the big comeuppance that, was waiting mad 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

Rising son, rising sun, beating down on me
I'm my daddy's rising son, the world in front of me
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