He said 'sit down son, we gotta talk'
I said 'it's my life, I'm gonna do what I want
I'm not gonna crawl, Im gonna walk
Walk right out that door'

He said 'I used to be a lot like you
Theres nothing you've done that I didn't do'
I laughed and said 'Dad I'm bullet proof
We've been through this before'

I couldn't believe it there was a tear in my old man's eye
When I was leaving he tried to say goodbye
He said

Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you're humbled
The lessons you learn won't be the ones you plan
Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting
But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

I've seen a couple of miles on a gravel road
Been taught a couple things that I didn't know
Now I even got a kid of my own starting to sound a lot like me
I learned a little thing called sacrifice
Given up on dreams, lost a couple fights
All anybody wants is a better life and something to believe

Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you're humbled
The lessons you learn won't be the ones you plan
Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting
But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

I couldn't believe it when the tears came to my eyes
It isn't easy standing on the other side

I said 'sit down son, we gotta talk
Hey it's your life, you're gonna do what you want
I won't say crawl before you walk
Cause I heard my old man in my mind saying'

Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you're humbled
All the lessons you learn won't be the ones you plan
Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting
But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

And when you go on without me, walk like a man
Walk on