I Love My Dad

When I was young

my father taught me not to gloat.

If I came home too proud of myself

I get wrestled to the floor and choked.

But I forgive him for that.

He was an eighth grade drop out

and I was being a brat.

I forgive him, I do.

I know that he loves me

and he knows I love him too.

When I was young

my father told me,

to each his own.

The lady said as she kissed the cow,

some like the fiddle,

some like the trombone

and I live by that rule.

Your trip is your trip

and my trip is my trip too. Yeah,

I'll mind my own business.

Oh, having no rules in my friend here have.

So, i love my dad.

I love my dad.

I love my dad.

I love my dad.

I love my dad.

I love my dad.

Your kid goes to the private Berkley school with one black kid.

My kid goes to the public school,

came home with cracked ribs.

And when my kid's eighteen

he'll be out there like I was

and probably chasing his dreams.

And when your kid's twenty-two,

he'll have an internship at a law firm

and hey that's okay too.

When I was five I came home from kindergarten crying

cause they sat me next to an albino.

My dad said son everyone's different,

you gotta love them all equally.

And then my dad sat me down,

he said you gotta love all people,

pink, red, black, or brown.

And then just after dinner he played me the album

They Only Come Out At Night by Edgar Winter.

When I was young

my dad taught me the beauty of patience.

We'd go and hang with his friend

Billy Brislin all day in his Stubenville basement.

We'd watch wrestling matches on TV

and Billy couldn't move cause he was handicapped.

And I learned to shoot the ****,

and how to care for those in need

and to show respect.

When I was a kid

my dad brought home a guitar he got from Sears.

I took lessons from a neighbor lady

but it wasn't going anywhere.

He went and got me a good teacher

and in no time at all

I was getting better.

I can play just fine.

I still practice a lot

but not as much as Mills Climb.

When I was young

my dad told me to pay gossip no mind.

When people talk bad on you

you gotta flick it off your shoulder like a fly.

Learn to pick your punches,

don't get no tussles,

dead in ditches.

Life is short young man,

get out there and make the best of it while you can.

I ain't trying to say my dad

was some kind of a perfect saint.

When something set him off,

I hit the floor quicker than what Mike Tyson did to Ricky Sveen.

I hit the floor so fast,

but that was so long ago

and we both moved past.

My life is pretty good, I owe it to him.

My dad did the best he could.

I love you dad

I love you dad

I love you dad

I love you dad

I love you dad

I love you dad