Between Fathers and Sons

My father had so much to tell me

Things he said I had to know

Don't make my mistakes

There are rules you can't break.

But I had to find out on my own

Now when I look at my own son

I know what my father went through

There's only so much you can do.

You're proud when they walk

Scared when they run

That's how it always has been

Between fathers and sons.

It's a bridge you can't cross

It's a cross you can't bear

It's the words you can't say

The things you can't change

No matter how much you care.

So you do all you can

but then you gotta let go

You're just part of the flow

Of the river that runs

Between fathers and sons.

Your mother will try to protect you

Hold you as long as she can

But the higher you climb

The more you can see.

That's something I understand

One day you'll look at your own son

There'll be so much that you want to say

He'll have to find his own way.

On the road he must take

The course he must run

That's how it always has been

Between fathers and sons.

It's a bridge you can't cross

It's a cross you can't bear

It's the words you can't say

The things you can't change

No matter how much you care.

So you do all you can

but then you gotta let go

You're just part of the flow

Of the river that runs

Between fathers and sons.