The Last Song

Everybody's asking me lately where I'm from

They wanna know what I've been through and what dirt I've done

But man if I told you what I've seen and been through then you probably run off

You're scared of the truth so instead in secret lined in chalk

See I've been lost ever since I could walk

Looking for my daddy in any one of mama's boyfriends who would talk

Or listen to me when I spoke instead of looking at me like a joke

Or leaving me behind, leaving me to cry when you treated my mama like a ho

But I learned quick that my daddy wasn't ever gonna come around

And I didn't give a shit cause me and my mama we held it down

No new kicks, first day of school I'm goodwill bound

But when you come from the trench that's how you learn to walk around

So I don't give a fuck if you ever lay eyes on top of my new shoes homie

I just wanted you to know I didn't need a dollar from you I got 'em myself

So if you find yourself in the middle of the floor with the bottle drinking yourself lonely

Then you can keep company with the picture of me

In the magazine on the shelf turn the page

Daddy can you see me, I'm puttin' on a show

In the magazines, hear me on the radio

So what do you think huh, we'll I hope that you're proud now to watch it all go down

I'm sorry daddy, you didn't get to watch me grow

Now I'm always on the road no time to say hello

Bye, and I hope that you're proud now, to watch it all go down

Yeah mama you look great, perfect

Be safe on your first date, for certain

If he brings you home too late I'll hurt him

Don't worry 'bout me I'm safe, I'll close the curtains

And I feel like I'm raising you but what do I know, baby blue

All I know is that I was made in you

So I put all my faith in you

Yeah I was only ten but I felt like a man and I had to let you go

All I wanted was for us to be rich, tear drops in my cereal bowl

So I turned into an asshole young and dumb smoking weed

Vandalizing, robbing houses, stealing cars, that was me

But everything I did I had to see, feel the pain, had to grieve

To become who I am and I'm proud of the man I came to be

What I've learned cannot be taught

What I've earned cannot be bought

Justified, deserved it all, so don't be concerned it's not your fault

I never counted sheep, I count my blessings

So if you see him out mama don't give him the cold shoulder give him my message

Just tell 'em

Daddy can you see me, I'm puttin' on a show

In the magazine hear me on the radio

So what do you think huh, we'll I hope that you're proud now to watch it all go down

I'm sorry daddy, you didn't get to watch me grow

Now I'm always on the road no time to say hello

Bye, and I hope that you're proud now, to watch it all go down