Jeff Bates Watching His Son Go Down Lyrics

Watching His Son Go Down Lyrics

On the day that he was born, a proud dad took him home

Wrapped in dreams that reached to the sky

Said "You're the only one I'll ever call son

I'll call you son because you shine"



By the time he turned 18 

He excelled in everything

He was a leader in church and in school



Yeah, the old man had been blessed

Because on every list the boy was 

Voted the "Most likely to"



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There's a monkey on his back

That's leavin it's tracks

On arms that were once muscle bound

Now the old man sits on his front porch everday

Watching his son going down 

Watching his son going down



Nine years old, shootin basketball goals

Now his goals just aren't the same

When you got to get high, just to survive

From a pepsi and a Baby Ruth

To pills and 90 proof

His coke is not the carbinated kind



But the old mans not forgotten

His only begotten

And he says "I'll just call you son now

Bacause your still mine"



But the horse he rode away

Didn't live on oats and hay

And still he rode that horse into the ground

Now the old man stands with the crowd gathered round

Watchin his son going down

Watchin his son going down