Lyric discussion by dratmiller 

Cover art for Decoration Day lyrics by Drive-By Truckers

Okay, my son and I have argued about this for years, but I am convinced that "Jason" Lawson, killed his own father. "My daddy got shot right in front of his house/He had no one to fall on but me" Why didn't he have anyone else to fall on? Because no one else was around! "Jason" killed his daddy knowing that it would be blamed on the Hills. His brothers are dead, now daddy is dead. "Jason" doesn't want to continue, so the feud can finally end. Just think what a great movie this would make!

no, i definitely don't think that the son killed the father. i think the lyrics earlier in the song "i know the caliber in Daddy's chest, and i know what Holland Hill drives" tells us that the Hill family killed him probably when the two were leaving the house. the reason he had no one else to fall on was that all of his brothers had already been killed.

I also agree with Bigmo that the son did not kill the father. He states "If I was a Hill, I’d have put him away", saying that if he had been one of the Hill's he would have killed him. The reason he has no one to fall on is b/c(as Bigmo stated, his other sons were killed, and also b/c the father seemed so bent on revenge that he probably pushed everyone else away except for the son he had left.

movie lets not go that far please. i wish people would forget about this.... and no i dont think that the Lawson boy shot his dad.