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My Son

by Chance Wayne

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As sung from a mother's perspective.

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My Son

My son is finally gonna be a somebody
My son is finally gonna be a somebody

He stayed in his room
Dad 'said he'd gone mad
Never went out
Some called him a fag.
Listening to music
Very few friends
Couldn't hold a job
Lord, how would it end?

He smoked cheap cigars
His room would stink
Read Marx until daybreak
He was turning bright pink.
And one never knew
What was on that boys mind
He'd play his harmonica
And pretend he was blind.

Then came the night
A strange light shown in his eyes
He announced he was getting married
Well, I almost died.
He then went to school
Learned a trade-
"Library Science"
He'll soon have it made.

My son is finally gonna be a somebody
My son is finally gonna be a somebody

Say what you want
Do what you will
He was getting pretty old
And we got him off that window sill.
You know, it takes some people a little longer to
Find themselves
You know, it takes some people a little longer to
To be themselves.

It's funny,
How things turned out this way
We were about to toss his ass out
When he turned out ok.
Now he talks all the time
He answers on cue
Burned all his record albums
'Sleeps in a pew.

And I remember at the dinner table
When that boy never talked
He'd bark at his father
And piss in his socks.
My son,
Well what can I say?
We were about to turn him out
When he turned out ok.

My son is finally gonna be a somebody
My son is finally gonna be a somebody

My son,
My son...

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released February 6, 2018

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