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This is a song about learning by watching, what it takes to be a man.

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The Only Time
By Ed Wemmerus
Copyright 10-31-2008 Edward C. Wemmerus Sr.
All Rights Reserved
Key of A 90 bpm


Verse 1

I been working in this steel mill, nigh on twenty year

Workin' like a hungry dog, spittin' blood and tears

Got my family to keep goin', thru the hard times and the strife

It's an all American story, it's the story of my life.

Verse 2

Well my daddy came be for me, working in this mill

He showed me what it took to live, and I remember still

How he taught me how to fish and hunt, he taught me what was right

He said an good man doesn't need to run, or go out an pick a fight

Chorus

The only time I saw my daddy cry, was when my mamma said her last goodbye

He took her hand and gave her a smile, said I'll see you on the other side

But I could tell it did not ease the strain, of watchin' mamma lyin' there in pain

Then he kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye, and was never the same

Verse 3

My daddy's gone and I'm the family's man

It's my turn to teach my son, to help him understand

That the the only thing you really own, is your integrity

I'm working in this Steel Mill, raisin' up my family

Chorus

The only time I saw my daddy cry, was when my mamma said her last goodbye

He took her hand and gave her a smile, said I'll see you on the other side

But I could tell it did not ease the strain, of watchin' mamma lyin' there in pain

Then he kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye, and was never the same


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But I could tell it did not ease the strain, of watchin' mamma lyin' there in pain

Then he kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye, and was never the same

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from Slo​-​Parts - Country Style, track released November 6, 2008
Written, produced, arranged, played, and sung by Ed Wemmerus.

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