Briefcase

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[Verse 1]
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I hated when dad picked up his briefcase
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'Cause that meant that he was leavin'
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But I loved the sound that his keychain made
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When he got home in the evenin'
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I was always sad, mom was always mad
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Most nights he showed up late
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Set his briefcase down like it didn't weigh a pound
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No, I never understood... the weight
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But momma always left him a plate


[Verse 2]
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Eighteen, said I'ma be anythin'
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But just like my old man
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Sellin' houses to all those families
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While his family sat at home missin' him
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Got sick of playin' ball gamеs watchin'
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All the other dads watch their kids
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So   I pickеd up a guitar case 'cause it   wasn't square like his


[Chorus]
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Now, I sound like him, and I look like him
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And I walk like him, and I talk like him
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And I try to make my wife laugh
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When she's mad 'cause I love my job like him
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Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
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Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the dreams we   chase
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I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far from a briefcase


[Verse 3]
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Well, momma cleaned, and daddy worked
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And I learned to play the guitar
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On McGregor Court, that's how we coped with all our broken hearts
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I know I held it against him
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Throwin' that baseball 'gainst his steps
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But daddy never held it against me
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'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet


[Chorus]
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Now, I sound like him, and I look like him
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And I walk like him, and I talk like him
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And I try to make my kids laugh
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When they're sad and it's all my fault, like him
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Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
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Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the dreams we  chase
            C                  D               G
I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far from a briefcase


[Bridge]
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It's a blessing and a curse in this case I carry 'round
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Every time I pick it up, my kids say, "Daddy put it down"
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And I see me in them, and I feel him in me
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Like the   cats in the cradle and the apples in the trees
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   And I just smile when somebody says


[Chorus]
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That I sound like him, and I look like him
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And I walk like him, and I talk like him
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And I   run to the father when I ain't nothin' at all like him
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Yeah, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
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Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the dreams we    chase
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I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far from the briefcase