Story Behind The Song

Something my granddad told my dad and what he told me and I've passed down to my sons.

Song Description

Love and respect earned and passed down from one generation to the next, as in father to son in this song.

Lyrics

LAST PART?S MINE
LYRICS BY PAUL MASK/RK BROWN
VERSE 1
PAPA SHOOK YOUR HAND, CONSIDERED IT DONE
LIVED BY EXAMPLE, SAID KEEP YOUR WORD SON
A GOOD NAME MEANS MORE THAN GREAT RICHES BESIDES
FIRST PART?S YOURS, LAST PART?S MINE

CHORUS
IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE BOY, MY NAME?S ENTWINED
WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS OTHERS, THERE?S RULES IN LIFE
LOT?S OF PRIDE IN OUR NAME, IT COMES FROM LIVIN? RIGHT
FIRST PART?S YOURS, LAST PART?S MINE

VERSE 2
FROM HIS GRANDPA DOWN FOLKS HAVE KNOWN THAT NAME
MEN OF RESPECT, HONOR, AND FAME
SAID, PAY YOUR DEBTS, SON, WHEN YOU SIGN IT ON THE LINE
FIRST PART?S YOURS, LAST PART?S MINE

REPEAT CHORUS
INTERLUDE

BRIDGE
PAPA TOOK SICK, BUT BEFORE HE DIED
SAID YOU JUDGE A MAN?S NAME, BY THE FOLKS GRAVESIDE
FARMERS TO BANKERS, WHOLE TOWN PASSED BY
I?M PROUD OF THAT OLD MAN, GLAD HIS LAST NAME?S MINE

REPEAT CHORUS
TAG
NOW DO YOU HEAR ME BOY? FIRST PART?S YOURS. LAST PART?S MINE. MMMM
I TOLD MY SON THE SAME THING, YES I DID, MMMM


©PAUL MASK-BMI/RANDY KEITH BROWN-2007-(BMI)