That's What Grandpas Do

Got an eight by ten of me and him

When I was about nine

The game was over I was on his shoulders

Bout a fifty yard line

He was a tall and lean proud marine

With a faded green tattoo

Always had my back when I ticked off dad

'Cause that's what grandpas do

From fifty-five to sixty-five I watched his hair turn grey

And the only time I saw him cry was a Sunday I got saved

From turning a wrench, fixin' fence

And picking me up at school

To bein' my best friend, that's what grandpas do

He taught me how to drive, how to survive

In the woods if I got lost

And the older I get the more I see I'm a chip

Off a chip of his old block

He taught me how to tie a tie and put an edge on life

And how to side in my twenty-two

How to do unto others

'Cause that's what grandpas do

He taught me how to not be lazy, open doors for ladies

And look a man in the eye

Think before you speak, pray before you eat

And how to choke down your pride

He gave me my last name this cross on this chain

And my first Red Man Chew

Said, don't tell your grandma, boy

'Cause that's what grandpas do

Yeah, from an old Chevelle out there raisin' hell

To quotin' from King James

From Superman to barely can

Remember his own name

They go from an old jon boat with a fishing pole

To a hospital room

Better love'em while you can man

'Cause that's what grandpas do

Better love'em while you can

'Cause that's what grandpas do