oh papa sit down and hear my song   oh and if you feel like it then please sing along   no nothing that I want to say I heavent said before   But to use your words you can never be too sure      see even though I don't always show   I'm glad that your around I said I'm glad that you're around      oh son it's so strange to hear and see   that someone so different is a soul like me   you may have gone right where I would have gone left   but son that's allright I'll always have your back      see even though I don't always show   I'm glad that you're my son      old days and all of the new wanted to be like you      everytime I look at you I see myself ( i'm so proud of you )   for you helped make me what I am ( a better man )   I'm just so proud of you      O dad if you've seen life tell me how that came to be   well I didn't know my father like the way that you know me   so life is just to short for us to never be in touch   oh that's why I want to tell you that I love you very much      oh even though I don't always show you know ( and I want you to know that )      everytime I look at you I see myself and I'm so proud of you   you will make me what I am ( a better man )   I'm just so proud of you      I'm here and I'll be if I can a father and a friend      everytime I look at you      everytime I look at you I see myself and I'm so proud of you   you will make me what I am ( a son and a friend )   I'm just so proud of you      you know that one day too   I'll be walking in your shoes      and I know that you'll do fine   'cause your a son of mine      Oh dear papa tell me what you've learned   so that I don't get my fingers burned      son you'll see that as you go   you'll make mistakes of your own   thats okay men   see you live and you learn   you live and you learn