Heywood was a daddy in 1942 He couldn't read or make his letters He said "Boy I hope you don't do like I did" That was my dad he was talking to
So my father grew up stronger Bigger dreams and bigger plans The first to go to college But he can still work hard with his two hands Thanks to his old man
Yeah he learned to throw a baseball How to set a fishing line He learned about forgiveness 'Cause you just can't waste the time
And the circle goes unbroken But there's so much left undone That's just how it is Between a father and a son
Well I became a daddy At the age of twenty-three I didn't know what I was doing That my daddy would have done in place of me I felt lost at sea
So I just kept it simple Took it one day at a time Followed the foot-steps Of the men who came before me in my life We're doing just fine
'Cause you learn to throw a baseball How to set a fishing line And you learn about forgiveness 'Cause you just can't waste the time
And the circle goes unbroken But there's so much left undone That's just how it is Between a father and a son...