THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS   BUT YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY   AND IT'S A LUCKY MAN WHO ENDS UP IN GOOD COMPANY   I'VE DONE MY SHARE OF LOOKING BACK   REGRET'S MY MIDDLE NAME   BUT THE TIME GOES BY SO FAST   YOU TURN AROUND, TOMORROW'S PASSED   AND THE ONES YOU LOVE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME      SO WHY DON'T YOU HONOR YOUR FATHER   HONOR YOUR MOTHER   HONOR YOURSELF ABOVE ALL   HONOR THE GIFTS   YOU BRING ONE ANOTHER   EACH TIME YOU RISE OR YOU FALL   HONOR THEM ALL      THERE'S NOT A FAMILY ON THIS EARTH   DOESN'T SLING A LITTLE MUD   HANDS GET WEARY, HEARTS GET HURT   WE BOW TO THE FLESH AND BLOOD   OH, PEOPLE CAN BE CRUEL SOMETIMES   IT LEAVES A LASTING SCAR   BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT TO THE TEST   YOU USUALLY FIND THEY'VE DONE THEIR BEST   AND AS BAD AS THAT MAY BE   IT'S TURNED YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE      SO WHY DON'T YOU HONOR YOUR FATHER   HONOR YOUR MOTHER   HONOR YOURSELF ABOVE ALL   HONOR THE GIFTS   YOU BRING ONE ANOTHER   EACH TIME YOU RISE OR YOU FALL   HONOR THEM ALL      I HAVE THREE NEPHEWS, ALL MY CHILDREN   AND MY MEMORIES   IF THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD ASK   IT'S THAT THEY KEEP ALIVE THE PAST   SO THE FUTURE DOESN'T HAVE TO END WITH ME      I WANT THEM TO HONOR THEIR FATHER   HONOR THEIR MOTHER   HONOR THEMSELVES ABOVE ALL   HONOR THE GIFTS   THEY BRING ONE ANOTHER   EACH TIME THEY RISE OR THEY FALL   HONOR THEM ALL   HONOR THEM ALL