He said sit down son, we´ve gotta talk
I said "it´s my life, I´m gonna do what I want
I´m not gonna crawl, I´m gonna walk
Walk right out that door"

He said "I used to be a lot like you
There´s nothing you´ve done that I didn´t do"
I left and said "Dad I´m bulletproof
We´ve been through this before"

I couldn´t believe it
There was a tear in my old man´s eye
When I was leaving
He tried to say goodbye

He said stand tall when you stumble
Stay pround when you´re humbled
The lessons you learn
Won´t be the ones that you plan

And every step up that mountain
Will be more than worth countin´
And when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

And now I´ve seen a couple miles on a gravel road
Been taught a couple things that I didn´t know
And yeah, I´ve even got a kid of my own
Starting to sound a lot like me

I learned a little thing called sacrifice
Givin´ up on dreams, lost a couple fights
All anybody wants is a better life
And something to believe

Stand tall when you stumble
Stay pround when you´re humbled
All the lessons you learn
Won´t be the ones that you plan

Every step up that mountain
Will be more that worth countin´
When you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

I couldn´t believe it
When the tears came to my eyes
It isn´t easy
Standing on the other side

I said "Sit down son we gotta talk
Hey it´s your life, you´re gonna do what you want
I won´t say crawl before you walk"
Cause I heard my old man in my mind sayin´

Stand tall when you stumble
Stay pround when you´re humbled
All the lessons you learn
Won´t be the ones that you plan

And every step up that mountain
Will be more that worth countin´
And when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

And when you go on without me
Walk, like a man

Walk on