You were the quiet one   Afraid to sleep alone   Heaven knows, I was lonely too   Some things in life a man   Can't learn to live without   One of those things was you      Who the good guys are   Who the bad guys are   Isn't always clear   In this world of separate houses   Someone's always missing someone   Day after day   And year after year      Though you and I are distant   Don't ever think I didn't want you   Or miss you every day   No matter where life takes you   Know that I'll still be waiting patiently   For the day that you've forgiven me   My son   The One That Got Away      It's all of the little things   That add up to a life   'N it's been so hard   Being outside looking in   You had hundreds of first times   I didn't get to see   That will never come again      How do we catch up   Is there just too much   Stolen history   In this world of separate houses   I want you to remember   That you'll always be   Inside of me      Though you and I are distant   Don't ever think I didn't want you   Or miss you every day   No matter where life takes you   Know that I'll still be waiting patiently   For the day that you've forgiven me   My son   The One That Got Away      You're carryin' an anger   That does not belong to you   'N I'm sick and tired of doin' time   For a crime I didn't do      I miss you every day   No matter where life takes you   Know that I'll still be waiting patiently   'Cause I do believe in you and me   And I trust that someday   You'll no longer be   The One That Got Away