I Was Watching

[Verse 1]
I used to hear 'em every mornin'
Before the sun even came up
He would pack up his lunch, kiss my mother goodbye
And leave in that old pickup truck
And I watched him through his struggles
And I learned that you give it your best
He never got down, he just looked around
He said, "There are so many with so much less"

[Chorus 1]
I was watching
I was a young and impressionable kid
And I was watching
See, I was watching everything that he did

[Verse 2]
And I watched him wrestle with his anger
With the frustrations that every man feels
And when I was eighteen, he was all that stood between
A life without meaning and a purpose to fulfill

[Chorus 2]
And he was watching
I was a teen and at war with myself
He was watching
See, he was there every time that I failed

[Verse 3]
And I watched him standing by my mother
The family's foundation in stone
And I watched him walking with his brothers
The day that they carried my grandfather home

[Chorus 3]
And I was watching
Still, every day I'm amazed by the man
And I was watching
Filling those shoes the best that I can

[Chorus 1]
And I was watching
I was a young and impressionable kid
I was watching
See, I was watching everything that he did

[Outro]
I was watching
I was watching