Honor Them All

THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY AND IT'S A LUCKY MAN WHO ENDS UP IN GOOD COMPANY I'VE DONE MY SHARE OF LOOKING BACK REGRET'S MY MIDDLE NAME BUT THE TIME GOES BY SO FAST YOU TURN AROUND, TOMORROW'S PASSED AND THE ONES YOU LOVE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME SO WHY DON'T YOU HONOR YOUR FATHER HONOR YOUR MOTHER HONOR YOURSELF ABOVE ALL HONOR THE GIFTS YOU BRING ONE ANOTHER EACH TIME YOU RISE OR YOU FALL HONOR THEM ALL THERE'S NOT A FAMILY ON THIS EARTH DOESN'T SLING A LITTLE MUD HANDS GET WEARY, HEARTS GET HURT WE BOW TO THE FLESH AND BLOOD OH, PEOPLE CAN BE CRUEL SOMETIMES IT LEAVES A LASTING SCAR BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT TO THE TEST YOU USUALLY FIND THEY'VE DONE THEIR BEST AND AS BAD AS THAT MAY BE IT'S TURNED YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE SO WHY DON'T YOU HONOR YOUR FATHER HONOR YOUR MOTHER HONOR YOURSELF ABOVE ALL HONOR THE GIFTS YOU BRING ONE ANOTHER EACH TIME YOU RISE OR YOU FALL HONOR THEM ALL I HAVE THREE NEPHEWS, ALL MY CHILDREN AND MY MEMORIES IF THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD ASK IT'S THAT THEY KEEP ALIVE THE PAST SO THE FUTURE DOESN'T HAVE TO END WITH ME I WANT THEM TO HONOR THEIR FATHER HONOR THEIR MOTHER HONOR THEMSELVES ABOVE ALL HONOR THE GIFTS THEY BRING ONE ANOTHER EACH TIME THEY RISE OR THEY FALL HONOR THEM ALL HONOR THEM ALL