[00:20.60]You can't control what life presents you
[00:23.04]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[00:25.58]And at times, yea we've all played the fool
[00:30.70]Dust yourself off and just do you
[00:33.18]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[00:35.73]Set your goals high be sure to stay true
[00:41.20]It all started 5/30/74
[00:43.44]I came into this world I was wanting more
[00:45.70]Yea mom stayed home dad had a j.o.b
[00:48.36]But even in G ville man it wasn't enough cheese
[00:50.83]So we packed a Uhaul, hit 95, up to NY, LI. when I was about 5
[00:56.35]10 months to the day my dad broke out to f LA,
[00:59.71]and mom and I stayed in a one bedroom apartment
[01:02.43]no dad on the first day of school
[01:04.27]mom had to work a job just to buy food
[01:06.47]thank god for pop pop always stopping by
[01:08.80]mom had pride but needed help just to get by
[01:11.50]I cried every night for months when my father left
[01:14.01]Looking back yea man yo it's for the best
[01:16.51]I had to put this down on paper for me to use
[01:18.87]CL, and the history of deacon blue
[01:21.39]You can't control what life presents you
[01:24.07]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[01:26.35]And at times, yea we've all played the fool
[01:31.47]Dust yourself off and just do you
[01:33.87]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[01:36.43]Set your goals high be sure to stay true
[01:41.59]Now im a grown man with a family of my own
[01:44.00]TO get to where im at it\"s a long road im still on
[01:46.87]Motivated is how I got here today
[01:48.88]Knuckleheaded, yea man I paved my own way
[01:51.59]I listened to no one when I should've take advice
[01:54.02]Went back to school when I was a dad with a wife
[01:56.71]Held a 9 to 5, some called it a career
[01:59.08]If it wasn't for mom and EJ I probably wouldn't be here
[02:02.01]Age old wisdom, things I could've seen
[02:04.11]Now I don't have time for dad who had no time for me
[02:07.09]I'm a man I keep it moving life is short you see
[02:09.37]To my kids I am who my father could never be
[02:12.09]I Call it how I see, yea it's like that
[02:14.53]Too late in the game man we can't get those years back
[02:17.10]I still remember the record, you gave to me
[02:20.39]Yea my favorite song, deacon blue
[02:21.89]You can't control what life presents you
[02:24.41]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[02:26.93]And at times, yea we've all played the fool
[02:31.97]Dust yourself off and just do you
[02:34.45]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[02:37.01]Set your goals high be sure to stay true
[02:42.12]You can't control what life presents you
[02:44.61]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[02:47.21]And at times, yea we've all played the fool
[02:52.32]Dust yourself off and just do you
[02:54.68]Keep it moving man one day you'll make it through
[02:57.29]Set your goals high be sure to stay true