18 Video Tapes

One day little Billy said momma, wheres my dad?
Fightin back the tears she said I knew one day youd ask
She walked him down the hallway, to a closet with a safe
Said I think youll find the answer right here, in these 18 video tapes
See the doctors told him hed be gone before you were born
And it broke his heart to know hed never hold you in his arms
Determined not to let you grow up learnin from mistakes
He put everything he thought youd need to know, on 18 video tapes

Like heres the way you hold a bat,
Be sure to keep that shoulder back
And when you cast that rod and reel,
Well use your wrist its in the field,
Or when you learn to ride your bike
Ill tell you now that you wont like those training wheels
But your momma will

That day honest momma showed him one of them a year
Sometimes it was almost like his dad was really there
Sometimes he laughed, sometimes he cried
But he always walked away
Havin learned another lesson from his dad, in those 18 video tapes

Like when you shave dont get too close
Lose the hair but leave the nose
And when your momma gives you my old truck
Dont drive too fast or ride the clutch
Dont listen to your buddies son
when the conversation comes to the birds and bees
Just go to tape 18

Well I just need to tell you one more thing before I go
It wont be long youll have a little baby of your own
Be there for em every day, no matter what it takes
Even you have to put your love on 18 video tapes