word in your ear, from father to son
                                     hear the words that I say
                                I fought with you, fought on your side
                                    Long before you were born

                               Joyful the sound, the word goes around
                                     From father to son, to son

                           And the voice is so clear, time after time it leeps
                                     Calling you, calling you on
                            Don't destroy what you see, your country to be
                         Just keep on building on the ground that's been won

                            Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
                                     From father to son, to son

                                   Take this letter that I give you,
                                     Take it sonny, hold it high
                               You won't understand a word that's in it
                              But you'll write it all again before you die
                                word in your ear from father to son
                               Funny you don't hear a single word I say
                              But my letter to you, will stay by your side
                             Through the years till the loneliness is gone
                                         Sing if you will -
                               But the air you breathe I live to give you

                                          Father to son
                                  Father to, father to, father to son

                               Joyful the sound, the word goes around
                                    From father to son, to son...

                            Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
                                    From father to son, to son...