I’ve run from everything worth staying for
Everything accept the one that broght you into this world
You’re heart will break and you’ll get run down
The sky’ll fall and you’re house’ll burn down to the ground
In the ashes you’re gonna find the thing that makes you proud, boy
The thing that makes you mine
CHORUS
Fathers fall and sons will rise
and the end hides in the low
Don’t be afraid , you can keep the dogs at bay
with a strong hand and heart of gold
So my boy when the shit gets tough just dig in and stand your ground
‘Cause no matter how fast you run
there’s always someone up ahead there to knock you down
Say what you mean, mean what you say.
Be a man even when it’s the harder way
Don’t ask for gifts or praise but a true word is gold
and hard to find even in the best of days
CHORUS ---
You can hold your hands up like Muhammad Ali
or hold them open like the Lord
You’re gonna have to do both someday but you alway gotta let go. Always gotta let go.
You always gotta let go
Learn how to love and learn how to fight.
Learn how to dance and wrong from right
CHORUS ---
credits
from A Better Place,
released September 25, 2012
written by Tony Fulgham
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