Fathers And Sons Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

My father had so much to tell me 

Things he said I had to know 

"Don't make my mistakes, there are rules you can't break" 

But I had to find out on my own 

Now when I look at my own sons 

I see what my father went through 

There's only so much you can do 

You're proud when they walk, scared when they run 

That's how it always has been between fathers and sons 

It's a bridge you can't cross, it's a cross you can't bear 

It's the words you can't say, the things you can't change 

No matter how much you care 

And so you do all you can, and then you gotta let go 

You're just part of the flow of the river that runs 

Between fathers and sons 

Now your mother, she'll try to protect you 

She'll hold you as long as she can 

But the higher you climb the more you can see 

And that's something that I understand 

One day you'll look at your own son 

There'll be so much that you want to say 

But he'll have to find his own way 

Down the road he must take, the course he must run 

That's how it always has been between fathers and sons 

It's a bridge you can't cross, it's a cross you can't bear 

It's the words you can't say, the things you can't change 

No matter how much you care 

And so you do all you can, then you gotta let go 

You're just part of the flow of the river that runs 

Between fathers and sons 

We're just part of the flow of the river that runs 

Between fathers and sons