[Spoken Intro] Hey booter… I love you. This ol’ life can get downright hard sometimes. But there’s a rainbow at the end of a storm just to remind ya that it’s okay. It really is. Everybody’s doing this life thing for the first time. So when you forget who you are, pick up that guitar over there… and remind yourself. You’re my son. [Verse 1] There’ll be days when the road gets heavy, When you’re giving everything you’ve got, Days when the whole damn world feels ready To tell you everything you’re not. You’ll make mistakes, Lord knows I made mine, You’ll lose some sleep and lose some friends, But a bad day ain’t a bad lifetime, And a hard road doesn’t mean the end. [Pre-Chorus] When that sky turns black above you, And you can’t see where you belong, There’s an old six-string in the corner, Boy, go pick it up and play your song. [Chorus] Play it loud when your heart gets broken, Play it soft when the tears won’t come, Let those six strings say what you can’t yet, And remember where you came from. You don’t have to have life figured out, Nobody does when it’s all said and done. Just stand back up and keep on going, Hold your head high… That’s my son. [Verse 2] Don’t waste your years trying to please everybody, Some folks leave and some will stay. Be the kind of man who helps somebody When their own light starts fading away. Love with everything that’s in you, Say “I’m sorry” when you know you’re wrong. And when somebody needs a hand beside ’em, Be the one they know they can call. [Pre-Chorus] And if you ever start believing You ain’t strong enough to carry on, Grab that beat-up guitar beside you, There’s still some truth inside a song. [Chorus] Play it loud when your heart gets broken, Play it soft when the tears won’t come, Let those six strings say what you can’t yet, And remember where you came from. You don’t have to have life figured out, Nobody does when it’s all said and done. Just stand back up and keep on going, Hold your head high… That’s my son. [Bridge] Someday you’ll be older And I won’t be right down the hall. You might have a boy who looks up at you Like you once looked at your old man. And maybe you’ll see a storm rolling in, Maybe he’ll be scared of what’s to come. Tell him, “Son, keep watching that horizon… The rain don’t get the final word.” [Breakdown] Everybody’s doing this life thing For the very first time. Me too, buddy. I didn’t always get it right. But loving you? I never had to learn how to do that. [Final Chorus] So play it loud when your heart gets broken, Play it proud when your day finally comes, Play every scar and every story, Every mile of the man you become. And when that storm rolls off behind you And the colors find the setting sun, I hope you hear my voice there with you: “Keep going, buddy. I love you. That’s my son.” [Outro] Pick up that guitar over there… Remind yourself who you are. You’re my son. And buddy… I couldn’t be prouder of that.
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