I asked my dad how did he quit smoking He said, Son one day I saw you tokin on a Half smoked cigarette, he left laying by his tools He said I couldnt have been more than nine or ten When I looked at him with a cat eating grin, and said Look at me daddy, Im the Marlboro man, just like you. I did my best to step in every footprint daddy made Id stretch my legs as far as theyd go Chase after him and say With you daddy, take me with you daddy Everywhere youre going to, I just wanna be with you Right with you daddy, dont leave me daddy Dont you know thats right where I belong Six weeks shy of twentyone Daddy called and said I got some bad news son Doctor says I aint got very long and I aint told your mama yet I said, Daddy Ill be on the next flight home That aint the kind of news you ought to break alone I didnt break down till I hung up the phone Damn them cigarettes He put his big old arms around me The moment I stepped off the plane He said, Son you didnt have to come All that I could say With you daddy, take me with you daddy Everywhere youre going to, I just wanna be with you Right with you daddy, dont leave me daddy Dont you know thats right where I belong Daddy wasnt conscious the last three days of his life But I stayed there right beside his bed And I cried like a baby, but I knew hed be all right When he smiled and whispered, Oh my God Reached out his hand and said With you daddy, take me with you daddy Everywhere youre going to, I just wanna be with you Right with you daddy, dont leave me daddy Dont you know thats right where I belong
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