Rodney Atkins - Cleaning This Gun lyrics

The declaration of independence

think i can tell you that first sentence

but then i'm lost

i can't begin to count the theories

i had pounded in my head that i forgot

i don't remember all that spanish

or the gettysburg address

but there is one speech from high school

i'll never forgot

chorus:

come on in boy, sit on down

and tell me ‘bout yourself

so you like my daughter, do you now

yeah we think she's something else

she's her daddy's girl and her mama's world

she deserves respect, that's what she'll get, ain't it son

now y'all run along and have some fun

i'll see you when you get back

bet i'll be up all night

still cleaning this gun

well now that i'm a father

i'm scared to death one day my daughter's gonna find

that teenage boy i used to be

who seems to have just one thing on his mind

she's growing up so fast it won't be long

‘fore i'll have to put the fear of god

into some kid at the door

(repeat chorus)

it's all for show, ain't nobody gonna get hurt

it's just a daddy thing, hey believe me man, it works

(repeat chorus)