And his love will be his vision And he'll take you where you stand And will you stand your life by his And help the boy become a man Will he be the son of his father His father the teacher Teaching love and honesty Being his own man handler For the son of, son of run of the mill run Rotten gambler Will the devil be getting to you As you look back over what you've done And what you've done, was it for reason or for rhyme Or was it just for fun? Will he be the son of his father His father the teacher Teaching love and honesty Being his own man For the son of, son of run of the mill run Rotten gambler Back on the road now you can lose your head There ain't no kingdom for a gambling man You know the road now and you've made your stand And when his light shines upon you, shines upon you Will he be the son of his father His father the teacher Teaching love and honesty Being his own man handler For the son of, son of run of the mill run Rotten gambler Will he be the son of his father His father the teacher Teaching love and honesty Being his own man For the son of, son of run of the mill run Rotten gambler