I got a number on me
I got a number
Won't make it through
The high noon sun
I am my father's son
I am my father's son
His bed is made
But I was a hero
Early in the morning
I ain't no hero
In the night

I am my father's son

I'll build a house inside of you
I'll go in through your mouth
I'll draw three figures on your heart
One of them'll be me as a boy
One of them'll be me
One of them'll be me watching you run
Watching you run
Into the high noon sun
Watching you run
Farther than guns will go
You are a runner
With a sullen voice
And you are a runner
And I am my father's son

I am my father's son
I am my father's son


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    i believe its:

    i'll go in through your mouth i'll draw three figures on your heart one of them'll be me as a boy one of them'll be me one of them'll be me watching you run

    hemptimeson July 07, 2005   Link

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