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go well
Ja'mir]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamir https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56681 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56680 Thu, 12 Feb 2004 02:33:32 +0000
And here's my vote for the revised bridge.  It hits exactly where I was aiming.  - Thanks Marv!

Scratch]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56680 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56679 Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:39:10 +0000
Great song puts me in mind of my Dad and I (particularly at 16). Marv's bridge puts the finishing touches on a great song.

Good stuff

Bob :)]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Bob https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56679 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56678 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:24:19 +0000 Beren]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Beren https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56678 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56677 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:11:31 +0000
Here's my take on it

When I tuck in my kids
I wonder what's on their minds
Do they look at their Old man
The way I looked at mine
Have I told them that I love them?
I try to every day
When they get to my age
Will they look back and say...

Go to fourth verse and everything sorta goes full circle. That's a rough idea anyway. Good song though.

-Marv]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-56677 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-1720 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:39:41 +0000


My Old Man


Old man with you hair turned grey,
Sometimes it's kind of hard for me to see you this way,
you stand up slow, and you walk with a cane,
your license plate numbers you as one of the lame,
but when I look in your eyes I find no weakness at all,
You're standing ten feet tall,
My Old Man's ten feet tall.


When I was a boy no one was bigger than you,
the strongest man in town and the smartest one too.
Whatever problems I had, when I brought them to you,
you could always fix it, you knew just what to do,
And in the eyes of a boy you had no weakness at all,
You stood up ten feet tall
My Old Man was ten feet tall.


When I hit sixteen no one was dumber than you.
You said you understood me but you hadn't a clue,
what it was like to be me always looking to you,
I knew I'd never measure up whatever I'd do
'cause though I didn't let on, I saw no weakness at all,
you still stood ten feet tall,
My old man was ten feet tall.




When I tuck in my kids,
I wonder what's on their minds,
When they look at their Old Man,
is it weakness they find?
Have I told them I love them?
Do they know that I care?
When it's my turn to age,
Are they going to be there?


You've done a lot of things right, your mistakes are few,
and no one questioned your motives - you were always true,
If anyone tells me I remind them of you,
I'll know I finally managed to live up to
the example of a man who showed no weakness at all,
My Old Man's ten feet tall,
You still stand ten feet tall.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg2-week-15-the-song/#post-1720