Have Heart - Bostons lyrics

Old man, i heard some things about the
Boy you used to be no father, no king
Just a broken old man broken by the whiskey
Too afraid to stay, too smart to not leave
Too young to be a bird who forgot to sing
And a ground that never knew the knees
Of a boy and his own tale of two cities

"sometimes a man breaks
Sometimes he can't bend
When his youth is a wound time won't mend
(never the best of times)
Sometimes a man breaks
Sometimes he can't bend
At the thought of peace
As something only lent
(only the worst of mine)
Sometimes a man breaks
Sometimes he can't bend
When his son is another
One who won't understand…"
The Irish temper, it's history's chains
And the alcoholic's stain that
Just won't wash away
But a seed was planted in the sod
Of nothingness from which you came
And flowers grew and roses bloomed
To form this garden of life you've made

And in this city you once knew as hell
Is a garden where I enjoy myself
And in this father I hardly know
Was a son who took back what the bottle stole

So I could be the boy you couldn't be
Have the father you didn't get to see
Have the youth you did not get to live
Or feel the love this world forgot to give
And for this gift I don't deserve to get
I'll make damn sure I earn this

"o' your friends say boston's beautiful
But they didn't live here
They didn't die here in the Hyde Park years
O' your friends say boston's beautiful
But they didn't live hard
They didn't die hard
When sons dragged out their fathers from bars
O' your friends say boston's beautiful
But they didn't dream here
They didn't scream here when no one hears
O' your friends say boston's beautiful
But they didn't hide here
They didn't cry here
When little boys weren't allowed
To shed their tears"
There just aren't enough men like you