Watchin cartoons
Sittin in the kitchen
You're talkin gibberish
But I listen
I bet if I did a little dance
You'd laugh and you'd love it
It's somethin I would probably
Never do in public
It sounds silly
Cos it's only been a year
But I can't remember what life was like
Before you were here
Don't get me wrong
I wasn't in a dark place
But now it's like I got hotels
On Boardwalk and Park Place

I pass go every time that you smile at me
You changed the meaning of the word
And redefined happy
What it used to mean
Just seems a little empty now
And all the vices in the world
Don't even tempt me now
Yeah I still got a couple
But now I'm workin on em
Cos you make me wanna
Be a better person
Used to not care about my troubles
I would just ignore em
Hopin that they would get better
But they would only worsen
I'm sure you'll go through the same things
And take all the same swings at pitches
Tryna win all the same rings
This world can be vicious
But it's a beautiful place
When you can finally make it onto a base
And when you finish the race
You'll wanna look back
And see what you did
Now I can look back
And see it's a kid
If we should ever be apart
You'll forever have a part of me now
And you'll forever be my heart
The biggest part of me now is you

Even when I'm not around
You can listen to this song
If you're feelin down
Just think of me and close your eyes
You'll see me
Put this on and close your eyes
And I'll be there
No matter where you are
You can listen to this song
And I won't be far
Just think of me and close your eyes
You'll see me
Put this on and close your eyes
And I'll be there

I wonder what you'll wanna be
When you get older
I wonder if you'll even know
Cos I didn't
I just took the whole world
And put the thing up on my shoulders
Thought I would figure it out
But who'm I kiddin?
I just did what I had to do
At any given time
Just to make it through
Just to survive
Just to be fine
Just to try to find
Any little thing that made me feel like
I wasn't so alone
Cos yo at times it can feel like
Nobody understands you
And that can be the worst
And you can't find yourself
So you continue to search
But that's just life
Y'know what?
It's only for the better
Cos when the sun shines
You'll appreciate the weather a lot more
If you know what the rain's like
And the good times are sweeter
If you know what the pain's like
F'real tho I think you'll be fine
Cos you're a little me
And little me grew up to write down these rhymes
So when I'm

When I'm not around
You can listen to this song
If you're feelin down
Just think of me and close your eyes
You'll see me
Put this on and close your eyes
And I'll be there
No matter where you are
You can listen to this song
And I won't be far
Just think of me and close your eyes
You'll see me
Put this on and close your eyes
And I'll be there

Man I can't wait
To watch you figure the world out
Or watch you be confused
Tryna figure a girl out
I wonder if you'll be into sports
Or if you'll be in a band
Or if you'll wanna try to rap
Like your old man
Maybe you'll write a song like this
For your own son
Maybe I'll live long enough
To get to meet him
Maybe you'll be into movies
Maybe you'll be into books
I'll save mine
Just in case you ever wanna read em
Maybe you'll be
The President of the United States
Maybe you'll travel the world
Instead of stayin here
Maybe you'll be an astronaut
And go to different worlds
Ones we won't even discover for years
Maybe you'll just be a regular old guy
Who does whatever he has to do to get by
No matter what who or where you are
I'll never judge you
You're the best thing that I've ever done
You're my son
I love you

Even when I'm not around
You can listen to this song
If you're feelin down
Just think of me and close your eyes
You'll see me
Put this on and close your eyes
And I'll be there
No matter where you are
You can listen to this song
And I won't be far
Just think of me and close your eyes
You'll see me
Put this on and close your eyes
And I'll be there