18 Video Tapes Lyrics

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

Like here�s 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 feel,
Or when you learn to ride your bike
I�ll tell you now that you won�t like those training wheels
But your momma will

That day one 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 don�t get too close
Lose the hair but leave the nose
And when your momma gives you my old truck
Don�t drive too fast or ride the clutch
Don�t 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 you�ll 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