My father had so much to tell me, things he said I had to know
Don't make my mistakes, there are rules you can't break but I had to find out on my own
Now when I look my own son, I know what my father went thru
There's only so much you can do
You're proud when they walk, and scared when they run
That's how it always has been between fathers and sons
It's a bridge you can't cross, it's a cross you can't bear
It's the words you can't say, things you can't change, no matter how much you care
So you do all you can, but then you gotta let go
You're just part of the flow of a river that runs between fathers and sons
Intro
Your mother will try to protect you, and hold you as long as she can
But the higher you climb the more you will see that's something that I understand
One day you'll look at your own son, there'll be so much that you want to say
But he'll have to find his own way
On the road he must take, the course he must run
That's how it always has been between fathers and sons
It's a bridge you can't cross, it's a cross you can't bear
It's the words you can't say, the things you can't change, no matter how much you care
So you do all you can, but then you gotta let go
You're just part of the flow of a river that runs between fathers and sons