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Little Bocephus, you're the one, makes me feel good insideJust to know that you're my son makes my heart swell with prideI've always needed one like you to love and understandNow that you've come to fill that place, you're my buddy, man to man.There comes a time when every boy grows so cocksure with lifeSo that he feels he knows it all and no longer needs adviceThe complicated phase of life is called "adolescent age"And sometimes breaks a father's heart, wish you could skip that stage.I'd like to help you fill your heart with kindness, faith and truthProtect you from the hands that reach out to destroy manhood and youThere is so much sorrow and despair to blight the hearts of menAnd the more we learn of love and life, the more they come crowding in.It's just little things at first, my son, then, as we grow olderOur troubles grow much bigger too and sometimes, they overflowThe poisoned minds and broken hearts will cause strongest men to weepOverwhelm souls with bitterness and death would be so sweet.So we must build a strong defense of love and fortitudeOn character and knowledge, son, so these ills cannot intrudeAh, sonny boy, so many things a youngster needs to knowIf he is to find true happiness as down through this life he goes.It's just a father's love, I guess, that comes to every dadThat makes me want to shelter you from things that make you sadBosephis, boy, I'm standing by to help you when you callFor son, you are my flesh and blood and the grandest pal of all Aus Songtexte Mania