Come On, Old Man Lyrics

When I was a boy

You seemed invincible

You stood your ground and didn't give

To any push or pull

I watched you as you walked around

Fixing everything

You could weather any storm

The world thought it would bring

Come on, old man why won't you be

The superman I used to see

Are you growing tired and old

Are my assumptions just too bold

Come on, old man you're my best friend

You mean everything to me

I just want that perfect man

I thought I used to see

When I was a boy I yearned to be

Everything you are

But as I began to grow and change

We began to drift apart

In my mind you were always wrong

And I was always right

I can't even start to list

Those countless, stupid fights

And when I was eighteen years old

I up and left your home

I felt I had to find a place

A place to call my own

But even at eighteen years old

I still could not forget

The man you were when I was young

The man I dearly missed

Come on, old man why won't you be

The superman I used to see

Are you growing tired and old

Are my assumptions just too bold

Come on, old man you're my best friend

You mean everything to me

I just want that perfect man

I thought I used to see

Well now that I've grown up

And though I've more to go

I can tell you never really were

Superman, I know

But still there's something in your eyes

In your gentle loving hand

I'll be happy if I end up

Being half that man

Cuz now old man, now I can see

The superman I used to see

You're not yet growing tired or old

My assumptions here were never bold

Come on, old man you're my best friend

You mean everything to me

I wanna be just like that perfect man

I know you'll always be

I wanna be just like that perfect man

My son wants me to be