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Only Son
Ted and Shane Alexander
 
You were the only son You were the lucky one
Still a child when you left your home behind
here in New Amsterdam you learned to be a man
as the New World stood before your eyes
 
Then by the board walk light she came into your sight
a picture perfect Coney Island girl
It didn't take too long to build a love so strong
and find your place within this world
 
Time rushes by like a river will flow
The more that you learn the less that you know
Then comes the day when you're gone in the blink of an eye
Is there a part of you that stays behind
 
The day that I was born on that October morn
The world outside was dressed in red and gold
You worked both day and night   and tried with all your might
to make that little house our home
 
Time rushes by like a river will flow
Children will come and the Children will grow
Then comes the day when you're gone in the blink of an eye
Is there a part of you that stays behind
 
Looking out over the Hudson on that fateful afternoon
thinking about all you gave to me that I wished I could give
but the end just came too soon
 
When we said goodbye I saw it in your eye
A peace in knowing that I’d be alright
And then you took my hand said I'd become a man
and slipped away into the night
 
Time rushes by like a river will flow
Years they will come   and the years they will go
Then comes the day when you're gone in the blink of an eye
I'll be the part of you that stays behind
 
I was your only son I am the lucky one