More Like My Daddy Than Me Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

I just spent an unusual evening 

At a banquet that still won't digest 

Watching this year's high school heroes 

Get awarded for what they do best 

There's a letter for the one that jumped highest 

And one ran faster by far 

One broke the 200 meters 

And one broke her arm on the bar 

The baseball team took the honors 

The MVP stole the show 

The coach looked scared with a tie on 

Swore, next year they'd be 15 and 0. 

And in tomorrow morning's newspaper 

There'll be pictures that surely reveal 

Young men looking strange with no caps on 

And tomboys in dresses and heels 

And I've stood up there where they're standing 

And never once thought I would be 

Sitting down here where I'm sitting 

Looking more like my Daddy than me 

Looking more like my Daddy than me 

20 some years from tomorrow 

These same boys and girls will find 

An old fading newspaper clipping 

Yellow and torn up with time 

Their daughters and sons will be standing 

Up there where they used to be 

And only then will they know what I'm feeling 

When they're sitting out here with me 

And I've stood up there where they're standing 

Behind the MVP 

But it's late, I'm tired and still hungry 

Acting more like my Daddy than me 

I'm getting more like my Daddy than me