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When I Go to See My Son

       C/G
When I go to see my son,
            G
I get there early Friday night.
               D/F#
It's after the winter sun goes down;
           C/G                      G
His mother turns on the front porch light.
           C/G
She always meets me at the door;
                G
She knows she's still the only one.
            D/F#
But she's a million miles away now,
       C/G          G
When I go to see my son.


       C
When I go to see my son,
           G
I look for hope where there is none.
          D
I see the past, I see the future,
       C/G          G
When I go to see my son.

When I go to see my son,
We might take in a hockey game.
We tell ourselves we're having fun,
But in the end, it's not the same.
I hear him cry out in the night;
I wonder what I might have done.
And I don't get to sleep for hours
When I go to see my son.

When I go to see my son,
I look for hope where there is none.
I see the past, I see the future,
When I go to see my son.

         C
I see he has his mother's eyes,
           G
I hear her voice whenever he laughs.
           D
He has her perfect nose,
                     G   G7
The nose is plain to see.
         C
I see he has her perfect chin,
           G
He has his mother's will to win.
         D
I see my son will never be

The least like me.

When I bring my son back home,
We never talk much in the car,
And by the time I think of something,
We turn the corner, there we are.
His mother meets us at the door,
She knows she's still the only one.
But I can see she's gone forever,
When I go to see my son.

When I go to see my son,
I look for hope where there is none.
I see the past, I see the future,
When I go to see my son.

When I go to see my son,
I look for hope and there is none.
I see the past, I see the future,
When I go to see my son.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1994)

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