Cletis Carr - Dylan lyrics

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Well I drove into town last Sunday

With one thing on my mind

Get my kid and get on the road

Leave the past behind

We were married five long years

Sometimes it don't work out

But try explaining that to a child

When he asks you what it's all about

He'll say, why can't mommy and daddy live together

Why can't mommy and daddy get along

Why can't friends and family stick together

If everybody's right, then who's wrong

We named our boy Dylan

Just like Zimmerman

And tried to raise him as best we could

Our folks would understand

But Mary ran off late in May

With some guy from a band

And for eighteen months I raised my son

With my own two hands

Then she turned up with some lawyer

He had a paper from the court

Dylan had to go and live with her

I paid child support

Now we're driving down the highway

Just me and my boy at my side

And as he's staring out the window

He hangs his head and sighs

He says, why can't mommy and daddy live together

Why can't mommy and daddy get along

Why can't friends and family stick together

If everybody's right, then who's wrong