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Briefcase (feat. Lori McKenna)
Album: Walker Hayes - Country Stuff The Album
Durasi: 3:29
[00:04.53]I hated when dad picked up his briefcase
[00:07.78]'Cause that meant that he was leavin'
[00:10.42]But I loved the sound that his keychain made
[00:13.57]When he got home in the evenin'
[00:16.11]I was always sad, mom was always mad
[00:18.97]Most nights he showed up late
[00:21.44]Set his briefcase down like it didn't weigh a pound
[00:24.47]No, I never understood the weight
[00:28.27]But momma always left him a plate
[00:32.41]18, said I'ma be anythin'
[00:35.40]But just like my old man
[00:37.94]Sellin' houses to all those families
[00:40.42]While his family sat at home missin' him
[00:43.28]Got sick of playin' ball games watchin'
[00:46.02]All the other dads watch their kids
[00:48.73]So I picked up a guitar case 'cause it wasn't square like his
[00:55.35]Now, I sound like him and I look like him
[00:58.44]And I walk like him and I talk like him
[01:01.29]And I try to make my wife laugh
[01:03.80]When she's mad 'cause I love my job like him
[01:06.90]Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
[01:09.17]Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the dreams we chase
[01:17.17]I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far from a briefcase
[01:27.93]Well, momma cleaned and daddy worked
[01:31.05]And I learned to play the guitar
[01:33.84]On McGregor Court, that's how we coped with all our broken hearts
[01:39.33]I know I held it against him
[01:41.77]Throwin' that baseball against his steps
[01:44.79]But daddy never held it against me
[01:47.40]'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet
[01:51.45]Now, I sound like him and I look like him
[01:54.21]And I walk like him and I talk like him
[01:56.97]And I try to make my kids laugh
[01:59.46]When they're sad and it's all my fault like him
[02:02.47]Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
[02:04.87]Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the dreams we chase
[02:12.74]I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far from a briefcase
[02:21.50]It's a blessing and a curse in this case I carry around
[02:26.83]Every time I pick it up, my kids say, "Daddy put it down"
[02:32.40]And I see me in them and I feel him in me
[02:37.82]Like the cats in the cradle and the apples in the trees
[02:43.74]And I just smile when somebody says
[02:48.54]That I sound like him and I look like him
[02:51.55]And I walk like him and I talk like him
[02:54.31]And I run to the father when I hate nothin' at all like him
[02:59.77]Yeah, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
[03:02.49]Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the dreams we chase
[03:09.76]I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far from the briefcase
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