Father & Friend

Oh papa, sit down and hear my song

Oh, and if you feel like it then please sing along

No, nothing that I wanna say I haven't said before

But to use your words, you can never be too sure

See, even though I don't always show

I'm glad that you're around

I said I'm glad that you're around

Oh son, it's so strange to hear and see

That someone so different is so like me

You may have gone right, while I would have gone left

But son, that's all right, I will always have your back

See even though I don't always show

I'm proud that you're my son

Old days, and all of the new, wanting to be like you

Every time I look at you (oh, yeah)

I see myself (yeah)

I'm so proud of you

For you help make me what I am

Oh, a better man

I'm just so proud of you

Oh dad, your views in life, tell me how they came to be

Well, see, I didn't know my father like the way that you know me

Son, life is just too short for us to never be in touch

Oh, that's why I want to tell you that I love you very much

Oh, even though I don't always show, you know

And I want you to know that

Every time I look at you (oh, yeah)

I see myself (come on, yeah)

And I'm so proud of you

For you help make me what I am (tell me now)

A better man

I'm just so proud of you

I'm here and I'll be if I can

A father and a friend, oh

(Ooh-ooh-ooh) every time I look at you

Every time I look at you (what you see?)

I see myself (oh, yeah)

And I'm so proud of you

For you help make me what I am (whoo)

A son and a friend

I'm just so proud of you

Oh, listen, you know that one day too

I'll be walking in your shoes

And I know that you'll do fine, 'cause you're a son of mine

Oh, hey papa, tell me what you've learned

So that I don't get my fingers burned

Son, you'll see that as you go you'll make mistakes of your own

But that's okay man, see you live and you learn

You live and you learn