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For the longest time he was the kind I just didn't understand |
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Hard to read and hard to please, yeah that was my old man |
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On the day I left I for college it was nothing new |
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We never had that heart to heart, he had too much to do |
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He checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the sparkplug wires |
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He said "When was the last time you had this oil changed?" |
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And as I pulled out the drive he said, |
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"Be sure to call your mom sometime" |
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And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now |
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He was saying "I love you," the only way he knew how |
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A hundred twenty thousand miles and 6 years down the road |
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Brand new life, a brand new wife we just bought our first home |
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When he finally came to visit I thought he'd be so proud |
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He never said he liked the place he just got his tool belt out |
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And put knew locks on the doors, |
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went back and forth to the hardware store |
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He said "Come and hold this flashlight", |
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as he crawled beneath the sink |
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"These old wires ain't up to code |
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and that circuit box is gonna overload" |
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And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now |
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He was saying "I love you", the only way he knew how |
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But on Sunday we all gathered for his 65th birthday |
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And I knew he'd stiffen up but I hugged him anyway |
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It was finally time to say goodbye I knew what was next |
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Just like he always did right before we left |
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He checked the air in my tires, |
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the belts and all the sparkplug wires |
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Said "When was the last time you had this oil changed?" |
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And as we pulled out the drive he said, |
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"Be sure to call your mom sometime" |
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And I wish I knew back then what I know now |
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He was saying "I love you", |
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He was saying "I love you", the only way he knew how |
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