Allan Taylor - The Almost Man lyrics

as my father lay dying i was holding his hand he said "son there's one thing you must understand all my life i've been an almost man don't make the same mistake as me 'cause i never got to drive a real fast car or get crazy drunk in a downtown bar and i never even got to go that far there was so much i wanted to see" when he made it back from that terrible war things were going to be different than they'd been before 'cause he had a family and a lot to live for he got a job and he settled down he worked real hard to keep the family tight everyday he did what he thought was right but he never got ahead and try as he might he was always just breaking even and before he knew it it was all too late his time had pa**ed and time can't wait there are some things in life that you just can't beat it's a fight you're never gonna win when he died his ashes were sent through the post and i thought about what he would have wanted the most so i went out and bought that real fast car and i damned the cost i strapped him in and we hit the highway hey old man now you know how it feels isn't she just the greatest set of wheels? she's a bright red beauty of cool polish steel and we're gonna turn some heads today and we drove like the wind down to london town we got crazy drunk and started falling down and when a new day broke and we came around i took him down to look at the sea we stood on brighton beach where it all began where my father's son became a man and i said to him "now you can understand what you have meant to me 'cause i got you that ride in a real fast car we got crazy drunk in a downtown bar and we made it together and we've come this far and i did it all for you" so i'll take that ride when it's given for free and i'll be the man he always wanted to be and if somehow he's looking down on me i know he'll smile and he'll say "you did it al" let's take that drive in a real fast car let's get crazy drunk in every downtown bar let's get on the road and follow that golden star and take it all the way to the end let's get on the road and follow that golden star and take it all the way to the end read more: http://artistsletssingitcom/allan-taylor-lyrics-the-almost-man-jc88wsb letssingit - your favorite music community