[Lyric] Fathers Way (Barry Kerr)

[Verse 1]
We are all but frightened sons, trying to fill our daddy’s shoes
Playing with toy guns, fighting battles we can’t lose
You didn’t lick it off the stones, was it beaten into you?
Learning how to be, perhaps it isn’t you

[Chorus]
When the sliotar stings your hand for the first time
In the fury of the fray
How will you play the game
But in your father’s way

[Verse 2]
In a corner of the ring you bow with bloodied nose
A hero to the cause, but you've taken heavy blows
Now the truce is called, and there’s no more left to say
Dump arms and go to ground, live to fight another day

[Chorus]
When the sliotar stings your hand for the first time
In the fury of the fray
How will you play the game
But in your father’s way
[Bridge]
Although his face is gone, a voice keeps ringing in your ears
Thinking on the words, questioning the fears
The truth is hard to take when spoken from the grave
Time for you to wake, a father’s son to save

[Chorus]
When the sliotar stings your hand for the first time
In the fury of the fray
How will you play the game
But in your father’s way
But in your father’s way
But in your father’s way