VCR Kid

In my grandad's attic
There's a dusty box of old VCR tapes
And there's a kid who looks kinda like I did
Before I made all my mistakes

Before those dark nights
And hard fights that he won't win
Before those heartbreaks, mistakes
That'll haunt him 'til the end

If you just keep on climbin', keep on fightin'
'Til you reach that mountain ridge
I bet you a dollar when you look down in that holler
You'll be smilin' like that damned VCR kid

This beautiful world that we're livin' in
I'd give all I have just to get it again
Without all the pain
Without all the things I've done

And the lines on my face are startin' to tell
Stories of the past that I know so well
The things that I'm ashamed of
That I've done along the way

All of those hard nights
Long fights that he won't win
Those heartaches, mistakes
That'll haunt you 'til the end

If you just keep on climbin' and keep on fightin'
'Til you reach that mountain ridge
I bet you a dollar when you look down in that holler
You'll be smilin' like that damned VCR kid

In my grandad's attic
There's a dusty box of old VCR tapes