(VERSE 1)
Oh, papa sit down and hear my song
Oh, and if you feel like it then please sing along
No nothing that I want to say I haven't said before
But to use your words you can never be too sure
See, even though I don't always show
I'm glad that you're around - I said I'm glad that you're around
(VERSE 2)
Oh, son it's so strange to hear and see
that someone so different is a soul like me.
You may have gone right where I would have gone left
but son that's all right I will always have your back.
See even though I don't always show
I'm proud that you're my son.
Old days and all of the new - wanting to be like you
(CHORUS)
Every time I look at you, I see myself - I'm so proud of you
For you have made me what I am - a better man
I'm just so proud of you
(VERSE 3)
O dad your views in life tell me how they came to be.
Well see, I didn't know my father like the way that you know me.
Son, life is just too short for us to never be in touch.
Oh, that's why I want to tell you that I love you very much.
Oh, even though I don't always show, you know and I want you to know that
(CHORUS)
Every time I look at you, I see myself - I'm so proud of you
For you have made me what I am - a better man
I'm just so proud of you
I'm here and I'll be if I can a father and a friend
Ohh! Every time I look at you
(CHORUS)
Every time I look at you, I see myself - I'm so proud of you
For you have made me what I am - a son and friend
I'm just so proud of you
(VERSE 4)
You know that one day too
I'll be walking in your shoes.
And I know that you'll do fine
'cause you're a son of mine.
Oh dear papa tell me what you've learned
so that I don't get my fingers burned.
Son you'll see that as you go
you'll make mistakes of your own.
That's okay, man,
see you live and you learn
You live and you learn.
