My Father's Son

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 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 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