Joe Andrews - Hey, Bull Leg Lyrics

There you go, standing in your velvet cape
With your hat squared off and head held high
A silver dollar tucked inside
Your hands, so thin, waving in your parents way
Staring at the sixth grade line, so old
And months away from being told
That soon your taste for certainty will fade
With your heart
The Windy City blows

But you don't know then what I do right now
It's a blessing, son, if you let yourself calm down
Hey Bull Leg, hey Bull Leg
Why you gonna let your worries run around?
But I can't know then what I missed before
When my thoughts were locked in the face I'd always worn
Hey Bull Leg, hey Bull Leg
Never gonna let your worries run around no more

Summer stained, dancing through the life we knew
Too young to know that every laugh
Was one step closer to the last
We'd share this way, a party for your birthday, Dad
But where's the cake? He can't begin to celebrate
When all he knows is changing at the break
Of the dawn
That's just the way it goes

But you don't know then what I do right now
It's a blessing, son, if you let yourself calm down
Hey Bull Leg, hey Bull Leg
Why you gonna let your worries run around?
But I can't know then what I missed before
When my thoughts were locked in the face I'd always worn
Hey Bull Leg, hey Bull Leg
Never gonna let your worries run around no more

So put your faith in someone who wants to hold it tight
And cherish it forever, the view is always bright
When you forget the weather and live for what's in sight
'Cause if they stayed together, I'd never get to try
These bull legs out