Ever sit around your own campfire
With you and just your son
Discuss the things that really matter
The ones you’ve lost and the ones you’ve won
To listen to his questions come
The things that are on his heart
To see if you both have common ground
Or are you far apart
I think you’ll find the more you listen
The more you’ll understand
His views aren’t that different from your own
He’s searching for his stand
If you will answer what he asks
With peace and fatherly love
He’ll comprehend the truth you know
Your talks won’t need a shove
This generation after mine
Have beliefs that I don’t hold
They look at things a different way
But they can still be bold
They haven’t walked the path I’ve walked
But they want to hear my tale
Of how it was back in the day
And how did I prevail
The simple truth is time will pass
And they’ll learn from where they are
The truths and lies they see today
Are here and not from afar
Tell him truth as you see it
Give him a chance to hear
I think you’ll find he’s wise enough
To hear it without fear
And when the fire has embered down
Your advise goes with his sleep
He’ll rise and know the truth you told
Has reached into him deep
He may not hold dear to all you’ve said
He’ll still have his own dreams
Just give him time and he’ll believe
Your love is what he needs
For our dear God, He did the same
With His Son that He did love
Gave Him His great eternal truth
And sent Him to us from above
