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pas ? sing through a rite that ev ? 'ry par ? ent does. I'm

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walk ? ing on some shared fa ? mil ? iar ground. Yet

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ev ? 'ry step I take is not a step that was. And I've

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strang ? er. A child I've yet to meet be ? comes my ev ? 'ry ? thing. My

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song to sing. Fa ? ther. And sud ? den ? ly the weight of it is real.

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feel con ? nect ? ed in a way I've ne ? ver known. A

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line from Dad to me to new ? born son. So from to ? day I'll ne ? ver make a

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choice a ? lone. One for all, all for one. And

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tell my son that life is lived in clear and pre ? sent tense, not on ?

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? ly in the sto ? ries we can tell. My fa ? ther told me sto ? ries I could

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stran ? ger. My fa ? ther is a stran?ger I know ver ? y well. A

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puz ? zling shell. Hope ? ful. What's on its way may help us both to grow,

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