[Hook] There will be tears, I've no doubt There may be smiles but a few And when those tears have run out You will be numb and blue
[Bridge] I can't be there with you, but I can dream I can't be there with you, but I can dream I can't be there with you, but I can dream I can't be there with you, but I can dream I can't be there with you, but I can dream I can't be there with you, but I can dream I still dream, dream, dream, I still dream, dream
[Verse] My grandaddy was a player, pretty boy in a pair of gators See I met him later on, think it was 1991 The only dad I'd ever know, but pretty soon he'd be gone too Hide my face, hide my face, can't let 'em see me crying Cause these boys didn't have no fathers neither And they weren't crying, my friend said it wasn't so bad You can't miss what you ain't had, well I can, I'm sad and
[Hook] There will be tears, I've no doubt There may be smiles but a few And when those tears have run out You will be numb and blue
[Outro] I can't be there, that's all you had to say to me was You couldn't be there, why couldn't you say to me You won't be there, you coulda warned me You wouldn't be here right here, you wouldn't be here for me, no, no...