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Artist: Leon Russell
Canonical path: /leon-russell/my-father-s-shoes
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My Father's Shoes
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My Father's Shoes
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What can I say to this child of my own
When he looks up to me for answers?
He's got trust in his eyes and such innocent ways
What are the words I can say?
Can I tell him of my life?
And can it be used for his own life's goal, an example
To follow and finally remember some day?
What are the words I can say?
I could say "I was once wondering just like you
And I understand the things you're feeling"
But gray hair and lines on my face just might say
"The old man is always talking that way"
And now I think of my daddy, he wore this kind of shoes
And after all this time, I think I know him
I'd like to say I love him, but the time has passed away
What are the words I can say?
What are the words I can say?
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Leon Russell performs "My Father's Shoes", and this lyric page sits inside the Leon Russell catalog on LyroVerse.
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