Fists and Fifths
I think my folks raised me, better than I turned out
All the courage in the world could never kill the doubt
They taught me how to be a good man, somehow it didn't take
Still I tried to do the right thing for my momma's sake
But the right thing's always harder, I was always weak
When she would talk about religion, daddy wouldn't speak
Daddy was a hard man, calloused by the war
He was happy with a simple life, but I just needed more
He tried to turn me into the son he never had
Every time I did the right thing it only ended bad
We never spent a minute being father and his son
I spent my life walking away, I should have run
I smoked mountains of weed, I drank barrels of wine
Seemed to choose the wrong path time after time
Momma's love blinded, she couldn't see
But Daddy always knew, that it'd be fists and fifths for me
(He always knew) fists and fifths for me
I knew that I'd be dead before I turned 21
Spent my whole life staring down the wrong end of a gun
Running like an old yard dog, first day off the leash
I burned down every bridge I crossed and called that living free
Sitting on the thinnest branch and laughing at the wind
I climbed my way out of every hole, just to fall back in
I smoked mountains of weed, I drank barrels of wine
Seemed to choose the wrong path time after time
Momma's love blinded, she couldn't see
But Daddy always knew, that it'd be fists and fifths for me
(He always knew) fists and fifths for me
Now that I'm old and I've got kids at home
I'd like to get away from this past I call my own
I thought that life would make sense by time I got this old
My momma's life always seemed so warm, mine feels cold
I tried my hand at changing, it didn't do no good
I just keep on doing the things that daddy knew I would
I smoked mountains of weed, I drank barrels of wine
Seemed to choose the wrong path every single time
Momma's love blinded, she couldn't see
But Daddy always knew, the it'd be fists and fifths for me
(He always knew) fists and fifths for me
Fists and fifths for me
Fists and fifths for me
Fists and fifths for me
All the courage in the world could never kill the doubt
They taught me how to be a good man, somehow it didn't take
Still I tried to do the right thing for my momma's sake
But the right thing's always harder, I was always weak
When she would talk about religion, daddy wouldn't speak
Daddy was a hard man, calloused by the war
He was happy with a simple life, but I just needed more
He tried to turn me into the son he never had
Every time I did the right thing it only ended bad
We never spent a minute being father and his son
I spent my life walking away, I should have run
I smoked mountains of weed, I drank barrels of wine
Seemed to choose the wrong path time after time
Momma's love blinded, she couldn't see
But Daddy always knew, that it'd be fists and fifths for me
(He always knew) fists and fifths for me
I knew that I'd be dead before I turned 21
Spent my whole life staring down the wrong end of a gun
Running like an old yard dog, first day off the leash
I burned down every bridge I crossed and called that living free
Sitting on the thinnest branch and laughing at the wind
I climbed my way out of every hole, just to fall back in
I smoked mountains of weed, I drank barrels of wine
Seemed to choose the wrong path time after time
Momma's love blinded, she couldn't see
But Daddy always knew, that it'd be fists and fifths for me
(He always knew) fists and fifths for me
Now that I'm old and I've got kids at home
I'd like to get away from this past I call my own
I thought that life would make sense by time I got this old
My momma's life always seemed so warm, mine feels cold
I tried my hand at changing, it didn't do no good
I just keep on doing the things that daddy knew I would
I smoked mountains of weed, I drank barrels of wine
Seemed to choose the wrong path every single time
Momma's love blinded, she couldn't see
But Daddy always knew, the it'd be fists and fifths for me
(He always knew) fists and fifths for me
Fists and fifths for me
Fists and fifths for me
Fists and fifths for me
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Writer(s): Fred Peer, Sean Christopher Arrillaga
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