Fathers and Sons

[good4somethingbum]

Fathers and SonsDad called and said before I drove out to the boatStop by the store and pick him up a pack of smokesI thought he’d quit but he said knowin’ he might not surviveIs half of what helped an old man know he was still aliveI understood cos when I drove along the bayI gunned my old Mustang on that rollercoaster highwayParked my car and saw him sittin’ on our shrimp boat’s deckAnd somehow I saw myself in time’s hazy silhouetteYeah, few things are closer than fathers and sonsCos one is the man the other may becomeDad’s old heart had a skip and his left leg had a limpBut hell if he couldn’t haul twice my load of shrimpAnd walking in his shadow down each dock along the shoreShowed me I’d never fill the shoes even his shadow woreCos few things are closer than fathers and sonsOne is the man the other may becomeBlood runs steady down mountains of yearsHis eyes stare at me from my shaving mirrorI see the proud roots that I came fromFew bonds are stronger than fathers and sonsAt first it looked like he was takin’ a morning napFrustrating the sun with that haystack straw hatBut I felt his cheek with the back of my shakin’ handThen pulled down his hat so he could see the promised landTore the cellophane of that pack of Winston LightsAnd thought of the thin wall between day and nightShared a smoke with his mem’ry on our old boatThat night took a fast ride on that lonely coastal roadCos few things are closer than fathers and sonsOne is the man the other may becomeBlood runs steady down mountains of yearsHis eyes stare at me from my shaving mirrorI see the proud roots that I came fromFew bonds are stronger than fathers and sons… Parked my car and saw him sittin’ on our shrimp boat’s deckAnd somehow I saw myself in time’s hazy silhouette…©2007 Robert George

[sgs4u]

Quote:Yeah, few things are closer than fathers and sonsCos one is the man the other may becomethat is a brilliant set of lines, IMHO.And once again, I've lost my composure reading your freaking lyric. Why do you have to keep writing about MY life?

[good4somethingbum]

thanks Steve...now lets see if this next lyric is about your life.