Tom Paxton - When I Go To See My Son lyrics

When I go to see my son I get there early Friday night It's after the winter sun goes down His mother turns on the front porch light She always meets me at the door She knows she's still the only one But she's a million miles away now When I go to see my son When I go to see my son I look for hope where there is none I see the past, I see the future When I go to see my son When I go to see my son We might take in a hockey game We tell ourselves we're having fun But in the end, it's not the same I hear him cry out in the night I wonder what I might have done And I don't get to sleep for hours When I go to see my son When I go to see my son I look for hope where there is none I see the past, I see the future When I go to see my son I see he has his mother's eyes I hear her voice whenever he laughs He has her perfect nose The nose is plain to see I see he has her perfect chin He has his mother's will to win I see my son will never be The least like me When I bring my son back home We never talk much in the car And by the time I think of something We turn the corner, there we are His mother meets us at the door She knows she's still the only one But I can see she's gone forever When I go to see my son When I go to see my son I look for hope where there is none I see the past, I see the future When I go to see my son When I go to see my son I look for hope and there is none I see the past, I see the future When I go to see my son