The Old Man Knew

Verse 1

He said don't trust a man who's always talking

I said dad you talk too much

He said save a little money every Friday

I spent mine on a girl named such and such

He said the world won't stop to let you catch it

I told him that was getting old

He just poured another coffee

And let the morning fold

Chorus

And the old man knew

God the old man knew

He never had the fancy words

He had the true ones tho

And true ones take their time to show

Bridge

I drove out to see him last October

He's smaller than he once was

We sat on the porch and said nothing

The way that only fathers and their sons

Can say a thousand things

In the sound of a screen door

And the ice inside a glass

He looked at me and said

"You turned out good son...."

Chorus

And the old man knew

God the old man knew

He never had the fancy words

He had the true ones tho

And true ones take their time to show

Outro

(The old man knew)

(He always knew)

I just wasn't old enough

To hear it yet

I wasn't old enough to hear it yet