There was a time my father told me, son,
Go into the world and do what must be done.
And as I sit here in my cell,
I can hear my paw cry in pain.
It's all right, my son,
you can start again.
No, paw, it's too late,
cause here comes the man
with the book that my ma would read nights on the farm.
I could have done most anything to please the ones that I love.
Say you're sorry,
my son,
the father can use a man.
There's a woman somewhere crying for one she'll never see again.
For I killed her son in a far off place called Vietnam.
And the time she spent giving her love
and I destroyed it with my own two hands.
Say you're sorry, my son,
you can start again.
No, paw, don't let it happen
to me.
I'm too young
to die for the wrong things that I have done.
Well, I could have done most anything
to please the ones that I love.
Say you're sorry,
my son,
the father can use a man.
Say you're sorry,
my son,
the father can use a man.