My old man
could be your dad's old man
He lied about his age to fight your pain
It wasn't long before he came back home
He had some help from Adam
Bond
Back in Allentown where my dad worked
They drank a cold one
before they changed their shirts
And every drunken word was his command
The standing order
was to understand
And he don't care
about nothing else
Only what he's got to tell himself
Well, everybody does the best they can
My daddy raised a boy,
not a man
I was young and hungry when I left home
Hungry just was
something to be hungry for
I had to prove that I could
make my way
No matter who it hurt, the price I paid
I didn't care about nothing else
Only what I had to tell myself
Cause looking back I start to understand
My daddy raised a boy,
not a man
And then I woke up and I
realized one day
That I ain't got nothing,
that's what I gave
Now when I look into my father's eyes
We both see someone he can recognize
He sees a young man who has lost his way
I look at him,
I swear I can see the same
And I don't care about nothing else
Only what I got to tell myself
Hey, everybody do the best you can
My daddy raised a poor
and naughty man
My daddy raised a poor and I'm
a man