Small Town

Verse 1
My daddy wasn’t perfect, but he tried real hard,Worked long days in the factory yard.Taught me right, taught me wrong,Taught me where a man belongs.But he never talked about his pain,Kept storms behind a windowpane.I swore someday when I had a kid,I’d be the father he never did.
Verse 2
Now I’m home from the worst of sand,Raising a boy who grabs my hand.He asks, “Daddy, why you wake at night?Why your eyes look scared sometimes?”So I kneel down close, tell him the truth—“Daddy fought things that stole some youth.But you’re the reason I keep trying to stand—To break the chain, be a better man.”
Pre-Chorus
Every scar is a lesson I’m teaching him right—Strength ain’t hiding what keeps you up at night.
Chorus
I’m a small town southern dad,Doing the best with the past I had.Building a home that’s safe and warm,Holding him tight through every storm.Yeah, I’ll give him the love I never quite had—This small townSouthern dad.
Bridge
Healing one generation at a time.