Anybody mentioned 'Cat's in the Cradle' yet? And how about: My Old Man (Steve Goodman) I miss the old man tonight, I wish he was here with me With his corny jokes and his cheap cigar He could look you in the eye and sell you a car That's not an easy thing to do But no one ever knew a finer man in all this land Than my old man He never talked about his war, in France when he was eighteen The day they put him in a trench was the day he learnt sense And he never again used violence He got out of uniform Came home and married mum, and not so very long after that He was my old man I remember the fights we had, my sisters and I got him mad He'd get all boiled up, he'd sometimes shout We knew what was coming so we tuned him out Now the old man's gone I'd give all I own to know what he said when I wasn't listening To my old man I miss the old man tonight, I can almost see his face He was always trying to watch his weight But his heart only made it to fifty-eight For the first time since he died Late last night I cried - I wondered when I was going to do that For my old man
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