Verse 1
He said Dad can you tie my shoe
She said Dad do you know I'll always love you
He said Daddy can you fix my bike
She said Daddy can you fly my kite
These are the memories that the old man said
Will always live forever in your head
And now 15 years down the track
Those dusty boots of his still sit in that rack
And that ol porch swing still sits in the sunlight
But his cigarette no longer burns bright
He left that night in a coffin labelled Tucker
And I'll never forget the last time he cooked supper
Chorus
He said days like these, will never go missin
Always be smilin for the time that your livin
If the boys wanna take the rods and the dogs
To the creek, let em speak the words that I taught em, never be scared to always show up
Cause Son, your kids are growing up
Verse 2
My old man used to have a sayin
Never let those nights get cold
Cause next thing ya know
Your livin like your brave and your bold
He was too old to move off that porch
Never to old to push the kids back and forth
On that old porch swing, still swingin in the wind
Gee old man I can still hear ya sayin
He said days like these, will never go missin
Always be smilin for the time that your livin
If the boys wanna take the rods and the dogs
To the creek, let em speak the words that I taught em, never be scared to always show up
Cause Son, your kids are growing up
Verse 3
And when that night rolled around
He was to sick to speak, to weak to tell then kids
He might not see the end of this week
But he always told em, them cards yo Daddy delt, dont ever damn fold em
Cause you make memories in the stories you write, and you make love to the woman you find, and I'll always have a place
In the back of yo minds
He said days like these, will never go missin
Always be smilin for the time that your livin
If the boys wanna take the rods and the dogs
To the creek, let em speak the words that I taught em, never be scared to always show up
Cause Son, your kids are growing up
Yeah Cause these days, the kids are growing up
Oh... oh.. oh kids are growing up
