Cosgrove Rushing - The Longer I Live The Smarter My Daddy Gets

As a boy he grew up
An inner city child of Detroit
His fathers drinking drove him to sea
Where a naval engineer is what he'd be
He moved around 'bout fifty one
He bought a little cabin on a lake and he married my mom
And he worked the shipyards of the Puget Sound
Near Belfair, Washington where they settled down
Where he taught me how to fish
And how to shoot a gun
How to hold my head up high
How to fight and never run
My daddy knew more than I'll ever forget
Yeah the longer I live the smarter my daddy gets
He named his boat "The African Queen"
From a "Bogart" movie my daddy said he had seen
And his 'ol piano where I'd watch him play
Those boogie woogie bar room songs of yesterday
Well he taught me how to laugh
How to fix things when they broke
How to change an 'ol flat tire
And be kind to other folks
My daddy knew more than I'll ever forget
Now the longer I live the smarter my daddy gets
Any mistakes he made look trivial through time
Don't know how you'll remember yours
That's how I remember mine
'Cause he taught me how to laugh
How to fix things when they broke
How to change an 'ol flat tire
And be kind to other folks
My daddy knew more than I'll ever forget
Now the longer I live the smarter my daddy gets
Yeah the longer I live the smarter my daddy gets

Written by:
Lance Cosgrove

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