Dear mom,
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Did you get the disk I sent?
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The one with all the songs we used to sing in the car?
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Waylon, ' Eagles, Kenny Rogers and Donna Summer
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I hope it brings back the memories
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Of good times we had together
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Driving in the car to New Mexico
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The Longest ride ever to Pennsylvania
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'all the way with the windows down.
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Chorus:
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And I hope you're proud
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I hope you see some good
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In all the fucked up things I did
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All the things you never understood.
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I hope I made you proud,
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And disappointments of the past
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Are things we left back there forever
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And we can move on together
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While you live the rest of your days
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And watch your grandkids play
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And say, 'I'm proud of you!'
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Dear dad,
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You managed to turn your life around
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Five separate times that you were born.
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But that's not me just yet
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Only twice so far, but I'm working on a third.
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And I'm only half your age
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And long props working against me
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I've got five hundred more tattoos than you
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I've broken 30 hundred more hearts than you
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And as for the bottle, I say, 'call that a drug!'
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Chorus:
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But I hope you're proud, you're proud!
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I hope you see some good
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And all the fucked up things I did
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All the things you never understood
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I hope I made you proud
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And the disappointments of the past
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The things we left back there forever
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And we can move on together
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While you live the rest of your days
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Watch your grandkids play and say,
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'I'm proud of you!'
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I almost lost my brother, in a car crash late last summer
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Don't know what I would have done without you
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Never would have made it half this far without you
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' you touch your little brother well!
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Chorus:
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But I hope you're proud, you're proud!
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I hope you see some good
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And all the fucked up things I did
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All the things you never understood
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I'm so fucking proud
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And the disappointments of the past
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The things we left back there forever
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And we can move on together
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While you live the rest of your days
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And we watch your grandkids play
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Say, 'I'm proud of you!'
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Kevin Weaver
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Bowling for Soup |