.......'Your Daddy was a good man', 'Had a smile that weighed a ton',
'There was nothing in that man but life' is all I hear from everyone
The time I should have been there to see the hero or the clown
But I don't know, seems like sometimes the best things in life are lost, then found
Grew up on the ocean, loved the open sea
He must've felt alive out there, alone and strong and wild and free
Even cold and tired, lost and looking for the ground
He must've known that sometimes the best things in life are lost, then found
(CHORUS:)
Always say the best is lost and found
Whatever it is you're going through, the best things in life are coming around
The future's just a worry, the past is just a dream
This isn't my opinion, it's only what I've seen
(VERSE:)
Your father was a soldier, fought in many wars
Wars at home and wars with psalms and the forgotten war before Vietnam
I wonder what he felt like when they handed him a gun
Wonder if he k**ed a father, wonder if he k**ed a son
Your father was a preacher, at least he almost was
Couldn't find his place in faith, fought with teachers, fought with G-d
Never took it easy, never settled down
Shoulda known that sometimes the best things in life are lost, then found
(CHORUS:)
Always say the best is lost and found
Whatever it is you're going through, the best things in life are coming around
The future's just a worry, the past is just a dream
This isn't my opinion, it's only what I've seen
(VERSE:)
The plain truth is my Father died in jail, and
I wonder what that room was like, wonder how his busted body felt
But I'll never get to know those things, unless I get that far down
I guess that's why they say sometimes, the best things in life are lost, then found
(CHORUS:)
Always say the best is lost and found
Whatever it is you're going through, the best things in life are coming around
The future's just a worry, the past is just a dream
This isn't my opinion, it's only what I've seen