Scott Miller
Daddy Raised a Boy
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My old man could be your dad's old man
He lied about his age to fight japan
Wasn't long before he came back home
He had some help from the atom bomb
Back in Allentown where my dad worked
They drank a cold one 'fore they changed their shirts
And every drunken word was his command
The standing order was to understand
And he don't care about nothing else
Only what he's got to tell himself
Everybody does the best they can
But my daddy raised a boy and not a man
I was young and hungry when I left home
Hungry just for something to be hungry for
I had to prove that I could make my way
No matter who it hurt or price I paid
I didn't care about nothing else
Only what I had to tell myself
As looking back I start to understand
My daddy raised a boy and not a man
And then I woke up and I
Realized one day
I ain't got nothing
Cause that's what I gave
Now when I look into my father's eyes
We both see someone we can recognize
He sees a young man who has lost his way
I look at him, I swear I see the same
I don't care about nothing else
Only what I've got to tell myself
Everybody does the best they can
My daddy raised a boy and not a man