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He sat down, picked up the phone |
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Said Boy, I'm your old man. |
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Touched the glass between the two, |
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As if to shake his hand. |
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The boy, he didn't budge |
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Not even so much as a blink. |
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The man said Oh come on, |
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Better late than never, don't you think? |
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He said I read it in the paper, |
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Can't believe your twenty-one. |
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Can't believe some son of mine |
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Could do the things I hear you've done. |
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Went on like some big hero |
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Who flew in to save the day. |
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The boy said If you're here |
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To steer me right, man, it's too late. |
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|
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You had to be there |
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And I'm talkin from day one. |
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That's the only time a man |
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Should talk through glass to his new son |
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And you'd have to go back |
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And teach me how when I was nine |
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Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball |
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Even if she had the time. |
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I shoulda been learnin' how to fish |
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Instead of learnin' how to smoke. |
| [01:38.95] |
I bet if you'd whooped my tail |
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I'd never thought it was a joke. |
| [01:45.05] |
He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong |
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Is way too strong for any momma's prayers. |
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You had to be there. |
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|
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The man said Boy I'm sorry |
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That you hate me like you do. |
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The boy said Dry it up man. |
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We ain't makin' this 'bout you. |
| [02:18.10] |
It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world |
| [02:21.58] |
Who was left there high and dry. |
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'Bout a kid who might've stood |
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A whole lot better shot at life. |
| [02:30.23] |
|
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But you had to be there |
| [02:34.53] |
And I'm talkin from day one. |
| [02:37.77] |
That's the only time a man |
| [02:41.06] |
Should talk through glass to his new son |
| [02:43.75] |
And you'd have to go back |
| [02:46.98] |
And teach me how when I was nine |
| [02:50.66] |
Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball |
| [02:54.03] |
Even if she had the time. |
| [02:56.61] |
I shoulda been learnin' how to fish |
| [03:00.42] |
Instead of learnin' how to smoke. |
| [03:03.80] |
I bet if you'd whooped my tail |
| [03:06.66] |
I'd never thought it was a joke. |
| [03:09.81] |
He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong |
| [03:13.96] |
Is way too strong for any momma's prayers. |
| [03:22.76] |
You had to be there. |
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|
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The boy stood up, hung up the phone |
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Said They say I'm out of time. |
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It hit the man, right then and there |
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My God, son, so am I. |
