Like Father Like Son Lyrics - Rick Springfield

He was raised in the English way 

His daddy taught him respect, he taught him how to pray 

They sent him off to boarding school 

Where he learned how to live by someone else's rule 

And he went to confession 

He went to confession 

Holy Father wash my sins away 

He went to confession 

He went to confession 

Mother Mary take the pain away 

He read letters from home at night in his bed 

And got this uneasy feeling when his father said 

Fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise a good boy 

The fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise a good boy 

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He bought his daddy's car and he learned to drive 

And when he left school he got a nine to five 

He met the girl and he got his spouse 

And they had the child and they got the house 

And he went to confession 

He went to confession 

Holy Father wash my sins away 

He went to confession 

He went to confession 

Mother Mary take the pain away 

He loved his son and he helped him build walls and fronts 

He knew he'd heard it before 

Someone had said it once 

Fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise a good boy 

The fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise a good boy 

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He raised his son in the English way 

And he taught him respect, he taught him how to pray 

He sent him off to boarding school 

Where he learned how to live by someone else's rules 

And he went to confession 

He went to confession 

Holy Father wash my sins away 

He went to confession 

He went to confession 

Mother Mary take the pain away 

It must be something much deeper than fear or pain 

Another child learns a pattern he won't break the chain 

Fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise a good boy 

The fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise a good boy 

The fear of God and the feel of the rod 

Will raise the next boy