FOR THE LONGEST TIME
I GUESS I THOUGHT
HE DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN
HARD TO READ
HARD TO PLEASE
YEAH THAT WAS
MY OLD MAN
ON THE DAY I LEFT
FOR COLLEGE
IT WAS NOTHIN' NEW
WE NEVER HAD
THAT HEART TO HEART
HE HAD TOO MUCH TO DO
HE CHECKED THE AIR
IN MY TIRES
THE BELTS AND ALL
THE SPARK PLUG WIRES
SAID WHEN THE HELL'S
THE LAST TIME
YOU HAD THIS OIL
CHANGED
AND AS I PULLED
OUT THE DRIVE
HE SAID BE SURE
AND CALL YOUR MOM
SOMETIME
AND I DIDN'T
HEAR IT THEN
BUT I HEAR IT NOW
HE WAS SAYIN'
I LOVE YOU
THE ONLY WAY
HE KNEW HOW
4 BAR
BREAK
A HUNDRED
TWENTY-THOUSAND
MILES
SIX YEARS DOWN
THE ROAD
A BRAND NEW LIFE
AND A BRAND NEW
WIFE
WE JUST BOUGHT
OUR FIRST HOME
AND WHEN HE FINALLY
CAME TO VISIT
I THOUGHT HE'D BE
SO PROUD
HE NEVER SAID
HE LIKED
THE PLACE
HE JUST GOT HIS
TOOL BELT OUT
AND PUT NEW LOCKS
ON THE DOORS
WENT BACK AND FORTH
TO THE HARDWARE
STORE
SAID COME AND HOLD
THIS FLASHLIGHT
AS HE CRAWLED
BENEATH
THE SINK
AND THESE OLD WIRES
AIN'T UP TO CODE
AND THAT CIRCUIT BOX
IS GONNA OVERLOAD
AND I DIDN'T
HEAR IT THEN
BUT I HEAR IT NOW
HE WAS SAYIN'
I LOVE YOU
THE ONLY WAY
HE KNEW HOW
LAST SUNDAY
WE ALL GATHERED
FOR HIS SIXTY-FIFTH
BIRTHDAY
AND I KNEW
HE'D STIFFEN UP
BUT I HUGGED HIM
ANYWAY
WHEN IT WAS
FINALLY TIME
TO SAY GOODBYE
I KNEW WHAT WAS NEXT
JUST LIKE
HE ALWAYS DOES
RIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT
HE CHECKED THE AIR
IN MY TIRES
THE BELTS AND ALL
THE SPARK PLUG WIRES
SAID WHEN THE HELL'S
THE LAST TIME
YOU HAD THIS
OIL CHANGED
AND AS I PULLED
OUT THE DRIVE
HE SAID BE SURE
AND CALL YOUR MOM
SOMETIME
AND I DIDN'T
HEAR IT THEN
BUT I HEAR IT NOW
HE WAS SAYIN'
I LOVE YOU
HE WAS SAYIN'
I LOVE YOU
THE ONLY WAY
HE KNEW HOW