Up before the sun every single day
He gave me a home and gave me my name
He'd sing "Robert Earl, Sweet Baby James"
Yeah, he built a life on amazing grace
I was born to break every single rule
With a reckless heart, sometimes a fool
I was hell to raise but he kept his cool
Showed me love will always follow through
I can see it all in his weathered eyes
Full of strength and love and of sacrifice
Oh, I've spent my days living on the run
But now I know that I'm my father's son
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Got a steady job, he's a steady man
And over 30 years with the wedding band
I bet a wild child wasn't in his plans
But every part of him's a part of who I am
I can see it all in his weathered eyes
Full of strength and love and of sacrifice
Oh, I've spent my days living on the run
But now I know that I'm my father's son
Yeah, I know that I'm my father's son
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Ain't no monuments built in his name
No magazines that will spread his fame
But when a good man lives, he leaves a wake
And in a thousand years it will still remain
I can see it all in his weathered eyes
Full of strength and love and of sacrifice
Oh, I've spent my days living on the run
But now I know that I'm my father's son
Yeah, I know that I'm my father's son
No matter where I may have run
Oh, I'm proud to be my father's son