What I Know ft. Rob Croft Lyrics

He said Son

What do you want to be?

I said dad

What'll make you proud?

I want nothing more

I'll join the Marines

The few and the proud

I'll learn how to fight and

I'll go off to war

Yellow footprints

Platoon thirty forty-nine

They cut off my hair

But it looked alright

We marched and we sang

We all became friends

As we learned how to fight

I didn't know it then but

Thought this could be the end but

I'm gonna teach you now so

You don't have to know what I know

Keep your head held high and

Look people in the eye and

You've got to stand up tall so

You don't have to know what I know

I got hurt so bad

Ended my career

Sent me home

My future so unclear

So I found a girl

And I settled down

Are you proud of me dad?

I want nothing more

I lost my girl and my son they

Even threw me in a cage

They stomped on my knees

They even spit in my face

I cried for my dad

I prayed for the end

And the beatings kept coming

Again and again

I didn't know it then but

Thought this could be the end but

I'm gonna teach you now so

You don't have to know what I know

Keep your head held high and

Look people in the eye and

You've got to stand up tall so

You don't have to know what I know

I survived five years of hell

I was all alone

I regained my freedom

No one understood

The darkness inside

Outside I smiled

But inside I cried

I built a new life

I found a good wife and

I became a dad

She's the light of my life

I see her future and it is so bright

Now dad looks me in the eyes says

Son I understand

I'm so proud of you

You are a good man

I didn't know it then but

Thought this could be the end but

I'm gonna teach you now so

You don't have to know what I know

Keep your head held high and

Look people in the eye and

You've got to stand up tall so

You don't have to know what I know