When I Go To See My Son - Tom Paxton

When I go to see my son

I get there early Friday night

It’s after the winter sun goes down

His mother turns on the front porch light

She always meets me at the door

She knows she’s still the only one

But she’s a million miles away now

When I go to see my son

When I go to see my son

I look for hope where there is none

I see the past, I see the future

When I go to see my son

When I go to see my son

We might take in a hockey game

We tell ourselves we’re having fun

But in the end, it’s not the same

I hear him cry out in the night

I wonder what I might have done

And I don’t get to sleep for hours

When I go to see my son

When I go to see my son

I look for hope where there is none

I see the past, I see the future

When I go to see my son

I see he has his mother’s eyes

I hear her voice whenever he laughs

He has her perfect nose

The nose is plain to see

I see he has her perfect chin

He has his mother’s will to win

I see my son will never be

The least like me

When I bring my son back home

We never talk much in the car

And by the time I think of something

We turn the corner, there we are

His mother meets us at the door

She knows she’s still the only one

But I can see she’s gone forever

When I go to see my son

When I go to see my son

I look for hope where there is none

I see the past, I see the future

When I go to see my son

When I go to see my son

I look for hope and there is none

I see the past, I see the future

When I go to see my son