The Shadow - Shawn James

There I was just mindin' my own business

When I saw a shadow out the corner of my eye

I’d seen that shadow once before, in my life

Well, it was the day my father died

So, I turned and I fled, but that shadow gave chase

Caught me down a dead end way

To my surprise when he opened his mouth

Well, I could hear my father say

He said, «Son, I know just where you’ve been, yeah

And I know just how you’ll meet your end

You better turn from the path that you’re on

Lest you end up just like your old man»

Hold up, wait a minute there man, like

Did you forget who you were?

You used to beat my mother down

Well, she left your sorry ass, because you wouldn’t choose

Your wife and son over your booze

Now, I ain’t a damn thing, yeah

Like the man you used to be

You better go back to where you belong, oh

And maybe then you’ll begin to see

Ho, ho, ho-oh-oh-oh, oh!

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