[Verse 1] We were twenty-six when we had our first kid My wife had a son But she lost the battle With depression and I was mad at the Lord But the little one gave me somethin' to live for And I gave it up But still I showed up Was the best dad a little boy could ask for My hands were still full and it was still tough To raise him alone But somehow I made it work But as he got older I got colder Thought that it was me who needed a shoulder My little boy grew But still he knew The difference between my sober and drunk He learned not to talk when I had enough And never to mention her name in the house I loved him too much to tell him the truth He only knew half of the man he knew Was the same man who took the same oath to her She took my life and she took hers So he never got to know the way that I knew her It wasn't supposed to be like this She was supposed to be his [Pre-Chorus] And I wish I could be there to hold her When I get to Heaven and God lets me go [Chorus] When you finally find the woman Who you want to marry and you get the nerve To get down on one knee and tell her you love her Tell her the truth She'll be okay I'll be your shadow I'll fade away [Verse 2] I don't remember the day that I met you But I remember that we used to be friends Then you disappeared Now you're standin' here You had my back But then you went back to him Now you're just a voice that lives in my head Who tells me to stop and tells me to quit Who tells me I'm better off bein' dead Who gets off on sayin' "I told you so" And I'm sorry But I have to let you go [Chorus] When you finally find the woman Who you want to marry and you get the nerve To get down on one knee and tell her you love her Tell her the truth She'll be okay I'll be your shadow I'll fade away [Outro] (When you finally find the woman) (Who you want to marry and you get the nerve) (To get down on one knee and tell her you love her) Tell her the truth She'll be okay I'll be your shadow I'll fade away
