One day daddy didn't come home
So mama raised her kids alone
Through the years I wondered,
did he ever miss to watch his son grow
Like a general on his horse
But soon I learned the truth runs in circles
Now the old man's just an
Started school where I learned to swear
An d parents taught their kids to stare
Cause they all knew that daddy ran
Through the years I wondered
Did he ever miss to watch
Through the eyes of a child he was a hero
Like a general on his horse
But soon I learned the truth runs in circles
Now the old man's just an
Well, Mama made me what I am
Late some nights we could
Through the years I wondered,
did he ever miss to watch
Through the eyes of a child he was a hero,
like a general on his horse
But soon I learned the truth runs in circles,
now the old man's just an old man
I hope I meet him again someday
He ought to know that his boy is fine
He ought to know he ain't
Through the years I wondered,
Through the eyes of a child he was a hero
Like a general on his horse
But soon I learned the truth runs in circles
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