The old man stood naked
In the rain and Im fortune
When I pulled up at
The bar in our Ford Fairlane
He’s singing My Way
Just like Franky Sinatra
I taking the road dam by the river
Took the long way home
He took off his Glassed
And he looked me in the eye
He said Son if I could tell you
I would tell you that I tried
I wish I would have been there
When you needed me most
I’m not a father
I;m a ghost
The earth spins faster than I can drive
My fathers house is on the other side
He is the one that stuck around after the war
He stayed in town
I watched him head to work
In his fathers old cat
He eat his burgers, ate his burgers on white bread
Finished school
Loved his job and did it well
Turned the soil
With his hands
Build a god damn swimming pool
The earth spins faster than I can drive
My fathers house is on the other side
So much water under the bridge
And I drive slow
Down that alley every time I’m in town
There’s no dogs Barkin
And the pool is gone
I rusted away a long time ago
Just a hole in the ground
Just a hole in the ground
The pool Is gone
And there’s no dog barking
The earth spins faster than I can drive
You know my fathers house is on the other side