To Mike
i still think of you as a dad
and i still talk about you
and the times we used to have
but not the recent times
those are times i'd rather forget
like the times i made the winning basket
and you were there to see it
i even think about the times we didnt have
the sex talk
football
basketball
sports never made it passed seventh grade
i gave up
no reason to go on
the love for the game is still there
but i have no more motivation
i dont think you ever let me win
i thank you for that
you gave me the confidence in my game
that without you i would never have
but like you its gone now
i have moved on.
i traded my ball in for a guitar
it all made too much sense
write songs about love and lust
and all the pain i posessed.
it kind of sucks to say
i have you to thank for that too
but like basketball
i have lost motivation for that too
in my fucked up mind
i need you to love me or hate me
its the only way i get shit done
i get a phone call from time to time
and i reminisce the hate you have for you son.
im trying to move on
but i can never get past you
there is a place in my heart
it will always be there for you
even though i dont think you believe it.
inspiration hits like rain on the sidewalk
best time of day three o'clock
its when my mind races fastest
or when i got out of school
find you waiting for me
i didnt care that your truck was uncool
it was a rough time and you had to drive ol blue
i thought it was sweet to ask me if i was embarrassed
you were always such a good guy down inside
but what i fear from you is the outside.
i wish you could understand where i am coming from
maybe you do, and it hurts that you cant change
im just like you in so many ways
when i think about it im smiling and crying at the same time
i have your pros i have you cons
sometims i wish i could move on.
but how can i when you are inside of me?
but like i said before you are my inspiration
i swear im going to make you proud
first davies to graduation college.
as much as i hate it im going to do it
i could write forever, but im going to stop
here at this gate
because after i pass through
this all turns to hate.
and i still talk about you
and the times we used to have
but not the recent times
those are times i'd rather forget
like the times i made the winning basket
and you were there to see it
i even think about the times we didnt have
the sex talk
football
basketball
sports never made it passed seventh grade
i gave up
no reason to go on
the love for the game is still there
but i have no more motivation
i dont think you ever let me win
i thank you for that
you gave me the confidence in my game
that without you i would never have
but like you its gone now
i have moved on.
i traded my ball in for a guitar
it all made too much sense
write songs about love and lust
and all the pain i posessed.
it kind of sucks to say
i have you to thank for that too
but like basketball
i have lost motivation for that too
in my fucked up mind
i need you to love me or hate me
its the only way i get shit done
i get a phone call from time to time
and i reminisce the hate you have for you son.
im trying to move on
but i can never get past you
there is a place in my heart
it will always be there for you
even though i dont think you believe it.
inspiration hits like rain on the sidewalk
best time of day three o'clock
its when my mind races fastest
or when i got out of school
find you waiting for me
i didnt care that your truck was uncool
it was a rough time and you had to drive ol blue
i thought it was sweet to ask me if i was embarrassed
you were always such a good guy down inside
but what i fear from you is the outside.
i wish you could understand where i am coming from
maybe you do, and it hurts that you cant change
im just like you in so many ways
when i think about it im smiling and crying at the same time
i have your pros i have you cons
sometims i wish i could move on.
but how can i when you are inside of me?
but like i said before you are my inspiration
i swear im going to make you proud
first davies to graduation college.
as much as i hate it im going to do it
i could write forever, but im going to stop
here at this gate
because after i pass through
this all turns to hate.