Please excuse my lack of pretense
But I’ve come to realize
we’re all just a bad day away
from the rest of our lives
So please don’t take too much offense,
If I insult your paradigm
But if it don’t make my wife and kids smile
then it ain’t worth our time
The only perfect part of me is her
And she should know it everyday
And we’re gonna teach our kids
that dreaming is always worth the pain
So, we’re gonna love the ones who love us back
We’re gonna leave the rest behind
We’re gonna cut the shit with metaphors
and put our truths on plain white-lined
And when the thousand folks tell us
What we want, it can’t be done
We’ll grin, begin and buckle in,
like in my Nana’s poem
and when in doubt
Love hard and tell it plain
My daughter’s always telling me
To put my phone down at the table
Hell, she’s just 8 years old
and I’ll be 40 in April
Her fiery eyes remind me of mine
And what I sometimes forget
That you can’t let the grind
Distract you from the rest
The only perfect part of me is her
And she should know it everyday
And we’re gonna teach our kids
that dreaming is always worth the pain
So, we’re gonna love the ones who love us back
We’re gonna leave the rest behind
We’re gonna cut the shit with metaphors
and put our truths on plain white-lined
And when the thousand folks tell us
What we want, it can’t be done
We’ll grin, begin and buckle in,
like in my Nana’s poem
and when in doubt
Love hard and tell it plain