Dear Son

Dear son
don't do the things I've done
don't turn into a man like me

I never want to leave you alone
but i'm cursing myself to the bone

Dear son
don't turn into a man like me

Years ago when the days were young
she ran her fingers through the sky
braiding all the wind into a rainbow colored lie

Shadows would fall when the spring would come
lightening strikes twice splitting the tree
she'll cut you in two just the same
I wish they would've told me

Dear son
don't do the things I've done
don't turn into a man like me

Dear son
with my hand upon a gun
I'm gonna let this pain fly free

I never want to leave you alone
but i'm cursing myself to the bone

Dear son
don't turn into a man like me

The days are gone when the years were new
and she was swimming through my moonlit eyes
killing every doubt about what it means to be alive

Shadows would fall and the rain would come
burying the past like so many seeds
she'll put you in the ground just the same
I wish they would've warned me

Dear son
don't turn into a man like me

Dear son
before you walk away
when your eyes were still grey
blinking in the light
there's a sliver in the shine
damaged by designed to be
loved
loved
loved
loved

Dear son
before you walk away

I never want to leave you alone
but i'm cursing myself to the bone

Dear son
before you walk away

I never want to leave you alone
but i'm cursing myself to the bone

Dear son
don't turn into a man like me