[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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In a hall, on a wall, in a house in Reseda
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There's a poster held up by two nails and a pin
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It's my Daddy, the actor, 'bout to die with his boots on
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He's the man standing up there, beside Errol Flynn
[Verse 2]
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He got third or fourth billing at the end of each picture
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"But that don't mean much", he would say with a grin
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But he'd hold my hand tight as he pointed his name out
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Only four or five names down below Errol Flynn
[Chorus]
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Now, fame, it is fleeting and stars, they keep falling
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And staying right up there, that's the business of art
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And luck kisses some and she passes by others
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Disappointment and bourbon are hard on the heart
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They’re hard on the heart
[Verse 3]
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Now, the women and beers, and the years with old Errol
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They took their toll, they took me from his side
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He kissed me goodbye at the old Union Station
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That's the last time I saw him, the last time I cried
[Solo]
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[Chorus 2]
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Now I'm sitting alone in a house in Reseda
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Watchin' the Late Show as the moonlight shines in
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And up on the screen, well, here comes my Daddy
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It's a sad, funny feeling, now I'm older than him
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I’m older that him
[Verse 4]
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So, you daddies and daughters, you sons and you mothers
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Remember life's over before it begins
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So love one another and stand close together
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As close as my Dad did to Errol Flynn
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So love one another and stand close together
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As close as my Dad did to old Errol Flynn
[Outro]
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(resolve)