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He was thinking back when he was a kid |
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His folks were divorced |
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His old man high on something |
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Came knocking at the door |
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His mama wouldn't talk to him |
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She said boy dontcha let him in |
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She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life |
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On that linoleum floor |
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He took him back to his old apartment |
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Turned off the TV |
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His beautiful broken hero on the couch |
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Passed out asleep |
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And he put 'em to bed |
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With tears in his eyes |
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He said dad I love you, Goodbye |
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He headed out into the night |
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Seventeen years old |
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Fired up that rusty old pickup |
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Turned his collar to the cold |
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And he headed back to mama's place |
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Ready for his big escape |
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And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note |
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In the cover's fold |
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It said mom I wish I could wave a wand |
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And make you smile again |
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Bring back the man who stole your heart |
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'fore the demons got to him |
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If I stay here any longer |
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Something sacreds gonna die |
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He said mom I love you, Goodbye |
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Took a lot of wrong turns on the road |
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Finding his life |
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By the grace of God he ended up |
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With a little boy and a wife |
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And the phone call came from his sister |
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It was that old familiar pain |
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His mother was at the doorstep |
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Of heaven's pure white light |
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At the end of the service |
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His father came up to him |
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Clear eyed and sober now he said |
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Boy Jesus took my sins |
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And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too |
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With tears in his eyes |
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He said son I love you, Goodbye |
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His plane touched down in Texas |
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He pulled out his phone |
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Dialed in the number, got the machine |
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Of his old man's home |
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He said dad we got an extra room |
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And your grandson has your eyes |
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Couldn't say anything else |
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Cause he started to cry |
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And he choked out dad I love you, Goodbye |
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Dad I love you, Goodbye |
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