Will Ardell Make Me a Man lyrics

He was waitin' for me, when I came stumbling in
I could see the pain in his eyes, that I'd caused again
Through the smoke of a cigaretty, he raised his head to me
And I could see the teardrops runnin' down his cheeks

He said son I've been around for 65 long years
I've buried some good men, who couldn't face their fears
It's not the way I raised you, and I pray you'll understand
That drinking all that whiskey, will never make you a man

Well, I hung my head in silence, there was nothing I could say
I wanted to take him in my arms, but pride got in the way
I had heard a father's love, well it's deeper than the seas
In my whiskied mind, his words came back to me

He said son I've been around for 65 long years

I've buried some good men, who couldn't face their fears
It's not the way I raised you, and I pray you'll understand
That drinking all that whiskey, will never make you a man

Well its been a year now, since he passed away
Yesterday I took a drive, to visit at his grave
I could feel the warm wind blowin', head the singin' of the birds
I knelt down beside him, and stumbled on these words

I said Dad I've been around, for a young man of my years
I buried a good man, who helped me face my fears
and even though my life, ain't gone according to plan
I realize the whiskey, never made me a man.