Watching His Son Go Down Lyrics - Jeff Bates

On the day that he was born, a proud dad took him home 

Wrapped in dreams that reached to the sky 

Said "You're the only one I'll ever call son 

And I'll call you son because you shine" 

By the time he turned 18 

He'd been everything 

a leader in church and in school 

Yeah, the old man had been blessed 

Because on every list the boy was 

Voted the "Most likely to" 

Chorus 

Now there's a monkey on his back 

And it's leavin it's tracks 

On arms that were once muscle bound 

Yeah the old man sits on his front porch everday 

Watching his son going down 

Watching his son going down 

Nine years old, shootin basketball goals 

Now his goals just aren't the same 

But when you've got to get high, just to survive 

scoring's still the name of the game 

From a pepsi and a Baby Ruth 

To pills and 90 proof 

And his coke is not the carbinated kind 

Cause the old mans not forgotten 

His only begotten 

He says "I just call you son now 

Bacause your mine" 

repeat chorus 

Yeah the horse he rode away 

Didn't live on oats and hay 

But still he rode that horse into the ground 

Now the old man stands with flowers all round 

Watchin his son going down 

Watchin his son going down