Heywood was a daddy in 1942,
He couldn't read or make his letters,
He said "Boy, I hope you don't do like I do,"
That was my dad he was talking to
So my father grew up stronger, bigger dreams and bigger plans
The first to go to college
But he can still work hard with his two hands
Thanks to his old man
Yeah he learned to throw a baseball
How to sail a fishing line
He learned about forgiveness
'Cause you just can't waste the time
And the circle goes unbroken
But there's so much left undone
That's just how it is
Between a father and a son
I became a daddy at the age of 23
I didn't know what I was doing
Hell, my daddy wasn't through yet raising me
I felt lost at sea
So I just kept it simple, took it one day at a time
And followed in the footsteps
Of the men that came before me in my life
And we're doing just fine
'Cause you learn to throw a baseball
How to sail a fishing line
And you learn about forgiveness
'Cause you just can't waste the time
And the circle goes unbroken
But there's so much left undone
That's just how it is
Between a father and a son
Yeah the circle goes unbroken
But there's so much left undone
That's just how it is
Oh, that's just how it is
Between a father and a son
A father and a son
Between a father and a son