My father had so much to tell me 
Things he said I had to know
Don't make my mistakes there are rules you can't break
But I had to find out on my own

Now when I look at my own sons 
I see what my father went through
There's only so much you can do
You're proud when they walk, scared when they run
That's how it always has been between fathers and sons

It's a bridge you can't cross 
It's a cross you can't bear
It's the words you can't say 
The things you can't change
No matter how much you care
So you do all you can 
Then you gotta let go
You're just part of the flow 
Of the river that runs between fathers and sons

Now your mother she'll try to protect you 
She'll hold you as long as she can
But the higher you climb the more you can see
And that's something that I understand

One day you'll look at your own son 
There'll be so much that you wanna say
But he'll have to find his own way
Down the road he must take 
The course he must run
That's how it always has been between fathers and sons

It's a bridge you can't cross 
It's a cross you can't bear
It's the words you can't say 
The things you can't change
No matter how much you care
So you do all you can 
Then you gotta let go
You're just part of the flow 
Of the river that runs between fathers and sons
We're just part of the flow 
Of the river that runs between fathers and sons