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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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He 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, boy |
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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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And I can't believe some son of mine |
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Could do the things I hear you've done. |
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He went on like some big hero |
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Who flew in to save the day. |
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And the boy said If you're here |
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To steer me right, man, it's too late. |
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You had to be there |
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And I'm talking 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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But I should been learning how to fish |
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Instead of learning how to smoke. |
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I bet if you'd whooped my tail |
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I'd never thought it was a joke. |
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He said sometimes the will for doing 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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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 making this 'bout you. |
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It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world |
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Who was left there high and dry. |
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About a kid who might have stood . |
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A whole lot better shot at life. |
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But you had to be there |
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And I'm talking from day one. |
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That's the only time a man |
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Should talk through glass to new his 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 should been learning how to fish |
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Instead of learning how to smoke. |
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I bet if you'd whooped my tail |
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I'd never thought it was a joke. |
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He said sometimes the will for doing 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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The boy stood up, hung phone up the |
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He said They say I'm out of time. |
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And it hit the man, right then and there |
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My God, son, so am I. |
