He said 'sit down son, we gotta talk' I said 'it's my life, I'm gonna do what I want I'm not gonna crawl, Im gonna walk Walk right out that door' He said 'I used to be a lot like you Theres nothing you've done that I didn't do' I laughed and said 'Dad I'm bullet proof We've been through this before' I couldn't believe it there was a tear in my old man's eye When I was leaving he tried to say goodbye He said Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you're humbled The lessons you learn won't be the ones you plan Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man I've seen a couple of miles on a gravel road Been taught a couple things that I didn't know Now I even got a kid of my own starting to sound a lot like me I learned a little thing called sacrifice Given up on dreams, lost a couple fights All anybody wants is a better life and something to believe Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you're humbled The lessons you learn won't be the ones you plan Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man I couldn't believe it when the tears came to my eyes It isn't easy standing on the other side I said 'sit down son, we gotta talk Hey it's your life, you're gonna do what you want I won't say crawl before you walk Cause I heard my old man in my mind saying' Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you're humbled All the lessons you learn won't be the ones you plan Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man And when you go on without me, walk like a man Walk on