Story Behind The Song

I started with the words "Go on" I have no idea how the rest of it happened.

Song Description

This song is hard to explain. But it's a description about life. Guys telling stories on the fourth of July and learning things from the older folks.

Lyrics

Go on let me down easy.
Go on make me feel like a jerk.
Go on tell it to me slowly.
Go on let the tool do the work.

Go on show me what the good girls won't.
Take it to the window.
Go on show it to the whole world.
Go on see if I care.

Reservations I hold.
Promises I let get cold.
My father was a quiet man.
I had to listen close.
He said, if you can't go.
Then go on.

Go on is a story told by old men.
Sittin round on the fourth of July.
Go on pampered by their women.
Pitchin' pot roast and apple pie.

Long winded stories
of how life was harder.
Go on askum' all your questions.
Before they pass you by.

Reservations I hold.
Promises I let get cold.
My mother was a smart one.
I figured it out on my own.
She said, if you can't go,
Then go on.

Go on tell it to me two times.
Go on three times, I'm gone.
I long for the small town.
Doing dishes and cutting the lawn.
Long winded stories
Of how we first met now.
Go on tell it to the grand kids.
PG versions they won't forget.
PG versions they won't forget.

They'll say, Go on. Go on. Go on. Go on. Granpa. Go on. Granpa. Go on.