There I was just mindin my own business When I saw a shadow out the corner of my eye I’d seen that shadow once before That was the day my father died So I turn and I fled but that shadow gave chase Caught me down a dead end way To my surprise when he opened his mouth I could hear my father say “Son, I know just where ya been, and I know just how you’ll meet your end. You better turn from the path that you’re on, lest you end up just like your old man.” Hold up, wait a minute there man! Now did you forget who you were? You used to beat my mother down. She left your sorry ass because you wouldn’t choose your wife and son over your booze Now I ain’t a damn thing like the man you used to be You better go back to where you belong maybe then you’ll begin to see.