| This one here is for my old man
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| Who taught me to be patient,
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| And want more than I have
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| So many lessons he has shown
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| In life you eat the chicken
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| And you throw away the bones
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| We’re more alike than he can see
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| Though at times he broke my heart,
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| We’ve shared a lot of things
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| That help me feel much less alone
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| Especially when I fall apart
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| I know I’m still
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| My father’s son
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| My father’s son
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| And I know that sometimes
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| I’m hard to love
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| And as I grow into a man
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| I’m sure that I am not enough
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| But even when I let you down
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| I hope that I can help you see
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| That parts of you are parts of me
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| Do you remember singing songs?
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| On a car ride off to nowhere
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| It was just the three of us
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| You called us both your favorite son
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| And even after all these years
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| Those days still live inside my heart
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| Inside my heart
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| And I remember staring up at you
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| When I was nine years old
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| And you looked ten feet tall
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| And I was hoping maybe I’d grow up
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| To be the kind of man
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| That you’d be proud to know
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| I hope by now you understand
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| Although I’m never perfect
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| I give everything I can
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| And as the light begins to fade
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| I’d like to tell you one more time
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| Just how much you mean to me
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| You mean to me
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| (…That parts of you are the best parts of me) |