He looks in the mirror and sees a young man where a boy was
yesterday
And wonders if he looks much like his father
What would his father look like today?

He picks up a can of corn from the counter
And places it in a sack
And slowly remembers some scenes from his childhood
Fishing with dad on that big lake

Such are the dreams of the everyday bag boy
Who's worked for a year in this grocery store
An everyday bag boy who wonders what a father is for

He and his siblings were taken my mom to another state one day
It was hard for dad to come see them
After she took them so far away

The years and the tears crumbled down like a mountain
Hit by a giant earthquake
There were phone calls from dad, but he felt like a stranger
Who do people draft apart, for God's sake?

Such are the dreams of the everyday bag boy
Who's worked for a year in this grocery store
An everyday bag boy, who wonders what a father is for