I miss my old man tonight
I wish he was here with me
With his corny jokes, and his cheap cigars
He could look you in the eye, and sell you a car
Thatâ??s not an easy thing to do, but no one ever knew
A more charming creature on this earth
Than my old man
He was a pilot in the big war
In the US Army Air Corp
Carried combat cargo oâ??er Burma Road
And after they dropped the bomb, he came home and married mom
And not too long after that
He was my old man
And all the fights that we had
When my brother and I got him mad
Heâ??d get all choked up, and start to shout
I knew what was coming, and I tuned him out
And now the old man is gone, and Iâ??d give all I own
Just to hear what he said, when I wasnâ??t listing
To my old man
I miss the old man tonight
I can almost see his face
He was always trying to watch his weight
His heart only made it to fifty-eight
For the first time since he died, late last night I cried
I was wondering when I was gonna go and do that
For my old man