18 Video Tapes

One day little Billy said “momma, where’s my dad?” Fightin’ back the tears she said “I knew one day you’d ask” She walked him down the hallway, to a closet with a safe Said “I think you’ll find the answer right here, in these 18 video tapes” See the doctors told him he’d be gone before you were born And it broke his heart to know he’d never hold you in his arms Determined not to let you grow up learnin from mistakes He put everything he thought you’d need to know, on 18 video tapes Like here’s the way you hold a bat, Be sure to keep that shoulder back And when you cast that rod and reel, Well use your wrist its in the field, Or when you learn to ride your bike I’ll tell you now that you won’t like those training wheels But your momma will That day honest momma showed him one of them a year Sometimes it was almost like his dad was really there Sometimes he laughed, sometimes he cried But he always walked away Havin’ learned another lesson from his dad, in those 18 video tapes Like when you shave don’t get too close Lose the hair but leave the nose And when your momma gives you my old truck Don’t drive too fast or ride the clutch Don’t listen to your buddies son when the conversation comes to the birds and bees Just go to tape 18 Well I just need to tell you one more thing before I go It wont be long you’ll have a little baby of your own Be there for ‘em every day, no matter what it takes Even you have to put your love on 18 video tapes