[ti:Father's Son] [ar:3 Doors Down] [al:The Better Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Father's Son (Rarities Edition: Live At Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, 2003) - 3 Doors Down [00:37.75]In the glare of a neon sign [00:39.81]She laid her body down [00:43.42]A man walked in beside her [00:45.93]And laid his money down [00:49.59]He said don't try to scream now [00:52.18]But I want this one to hurt [00:56.25]Tonight my pretty one [00:58.72]I'm gonna get my money's worth [01:01.65]He said they never listened [01:04.29]She said they'd never understand [01:07.81]That I don't do this for pleasure [01:10.64]I just do it cause I can [01:14.33]I swear I didn't want to [01:16.86]And I swear I didn't know [01:20.51]That things like this could happen to a 17-year old [01:26.55]And I've bundled up all of these fears inside [01:32.48]And I've bottled up all of this pain [01:39.10]And no one or nothing can take this away [01:45.91]But I won't let it happen again [01:50.46]Never again [02:04.57]In the haze of a smoky room [02:06.92]He chokes that bottle down [02:10.03]It's been a month since her saw her face [02:13.30]Underneath the blood stained gown [02:16.02]He thinks about that little girl and the one he has at home [02:22.87]And wonders what if that was my little girl [02:25.97]Walkin down that road alone [02:35.23]And I've bundled up all of these fears inside [02:37.13]And I've bottled up all of this pain [02:41.04]And no one or nothing can take this away [02:43.94]But I won't let it happen again [02:47.19]Never again [02:47.90]Maybe I'm just crazy or the devil got inside [02:50.16]But either way my soul is gone [02:53.34]I've learned this all night [02:56.27]The one hand throws the whiskey [02:57.29]And the other throws the gun [02:58.48]As he cries out to the heavens [02:59.71]I am not my father's son [03:00.80]And I've bundled up all of these fears inside [03:05.37]And I've bottled up all of this pain [03:07.20]And no one or nothing can take this away [03:11.67]But I won't let it happen again [03:17.18]Never again [03:22.69]Never again [03:25.67]END