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 sons, I see 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 and then you gotta let go

You're just part of the flow of the river that runs between fathers and sons

Now your mother she'll try to protect you, she'll hold you as long as she can

But the higher you climb the more you can see

And that's something that I understand

One day you'll look at your own son, there'll be so much that you want to say

But he'll have to find his own way

Down 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 and then you gotta let go

Just part of the flow of the river that runs between fathers and sons

We're just part of the flow of the river that runs between fathers and sons