John Banrock - A Father and His Son

A Father and His Son

Cleaning out the house, dad just slipped away
I should have been around
I don't know why, we never got along
But I wish I said goodbye

23 years ago, I moved out to the coast
I just had to get away
a 3000-mile divide didn’t change a stubborn man
we never saw eye to eye

25 years later and I can finally see
How much I meant to my dad
25 years later and I can finally see
What my father meant to me

reading through his journal, really made me think
some thoughts just come too late
one day at the races was such a simple thing
I wish life was just the same

What I wouldn't do for one more day with dad
there's so much I could say
tears never came, the day they laid him low
now it feels so good to cry

25 years later and I can finally see
How much I meant to my dad
25 years later and I can finally see
How much my father meant to me

sitting here alone, I feel so far away
time is standing still
I wish I told my dad the simplest words I know
I’ll just close my eyes and dream

I think I see the way, I know I made mistakes
it's time for me to grow up and learn
it's more important to love my son than to make him live my way
it's time for us to spend a day at the races
a father and his son
just a father and his son

25 years later and I can finally see
How much I meant to my dad
25 years later and I can finally see
How much my father meant to me
What my father means to me
How much my father means to me

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