Four years old in your overalls
Looking up with those baby blues
Heard you say, "Daddy, someday, I wanna be just like you"
Then I blinked a time or two
And now you're 17
Yeah, I know you know it all
And you think I don't know a thing
I was brushing off that angel off my shoulder
I was Saturday high, never Sunday sober
I lost a good friend around your age
So slow that truck down
'Cause it coulda been me that summer night
Yeah, it coulda been me running that red light
I still drive by that live oak tree with that wooden cross still in the ground
I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two
Boy, I used to be just like you
When you walked in half past midnight
I could smell it on your breath
Like the time that I came home drunk
Scared my mama half to death
I had bloodstains on my shirts
I was busted up, black and blue
I'm not just your old man
I'm your best man, I know what you're going through
I was brushing off that angel off my shoulder
I was Saturday high, never Sunday sober
I lost a good friend around your age
So slow that truck down
'Cause it coulda been me that summer night
Yeah, it coulda been me running that red light
I still drive by that live oak tree with that wooden cross still in the ground
I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two
Boy, I used to be just like you
Know I cried when grandpa died
Smoking them damned old cigarettes
He said, "The young man makes mistakes and leaves the old man with regrets"
I was brushing off that angel off my shoulder
I was Saturday high, never Sunday sober
I lost a good friend around your age
So slow that truck down
'Cause it coulda been me that summer night
Yeah, it coulda been me running that red light
I still drive by that live oak tree with that wooden cross still in the ground
I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two
Boy, I used to be just like you
I know it hurt like hell when she broke your heart in two
Four years old in your overalls
Looking up with those baby blues
Heard you say, "Daddy, someday, I wanna be just like you"
