lirik lagu ghost of our fathers – otis gibbs
he was almost blind
they say it happens when you’ve been punched too many times
and his hands were stone
he was a bare knuckle champion in an earlier life
it was hard not to stare
at his busted up nose and cauliflower ears
when he’d smile at me
and say the toughest fighters had their souvenirs
how to carry on
when the hardest punch is thrown
take away the burden from our shoulders
he lived next door
he’d sometimes get with my father and talk about life
and sit on the porch
drinking beer and remembering happier times
i was a child
and i was far too young to every understand
what it meant to have a son
who’d been drafted and k!lled in vietnam
how to carry on
when the hardest punch is thrown
take away the burden from our shoulders
my father and i
tried to keep him company so his mind could rest
on sat-rday nights
huddled around a black and white tv set
we all stood and cheered
when ali knocked out foreman that night in zaire
and later that night
my father held his hand as he broke down and cried
how to carry on
when the hardest punch is thrown
take away the burden from our shoulders
there stands a wall
in a clearing across from the national mall
crowded with names
of the thousands of children that never came home
i stood in the rain
watching dozens of mourners stumbling by
when i saw his name
i felt the ghost of our fathers kneeling at my side
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- kumpulan lirik lagu luvhurz › lirik lagu lost & found – luvhurz
- kumpulan lirik lagu taemonae › lirik lagu circle out – taemonae
- kumpulan lirik lagu taj mahal › lirik lagu i shall not be moved – taj mahal
- kumpulan lirik lagu anitta › lirik lagu me abraça – quando cheetos®️ passa, eu sigo o cheiro – anitta
- kumpulan lirik lagu primero › lirik lagu deux deux – primero
- kumpulan lirik lagu the anorexic olsen twin › lirik lagu the closest hole in space – the anorexic olsen twin
- kumpulan lirik lagu krestall courier › lirik lagu я скучаю по вам (i miss you) – krestall / courier
- kumpulan lirik lagu ирина ортман irina ortman › lirik lagu ромашки (daises) – ирина ортман (irina ortman)
- kumpulan lirik lagu pat smoke › lirik lagu crew – pat smoke
- kumpulan lirik lagu torture and the desert spiders › lirik lagu new brighton – torture and the desert spiders