There I was just mindin my own business
When I saw a shadow out the corner of my eye
I’d seen that shadow once before
That was the day my father died
So I turn and I fled but that shadow gave chase
Caught me down a dead end way
To my surprise when he opened his mouth
I could hear my father say
“Son, I know just where ya been,
and I know just how you’ll meet your end.
You better turn from the path that you’re on,
lest you end up just like your old man.”
Hold up, wait a minute there man!
Now did you forget who you were?
You used to beat my mother down.
She left your sorry [bad word] because you wouldn’t choose
your wife and son over your booze
Now I ain’t a [bad word] thing
like the man you used to be
You better go back to where you belong
maybe then you’ll begin to see.