Grandfather smoked and had a taste for booze Next thing you know, granddaddy's son did too And when that boy had children of his own Addiction was the only seed he'd sow Pass it on, pass it down We all need more than a headstone in the ground Pass it on, at the end will you leave them all your love or all your sins You can make it right or wrong, pass it on He had a special name for every man For any one that wasn't just like him His children used the words they heard from dad If they're not just like we are we don't like that Pass it on, pass it down We all need more than a headstone in the ground Pass it on, at the end will you leave them all your love or all your sins You can make it right or wrong, pass it on He could have left this world without a prayer Most of the fools that he knew didn't care Instead he saved us all from being lost And did it as they nailed him to the cross Pass it on, pass it down You can teach your children he rose from the ground Pass it on, at the end you can leave them all his love or all your sins Tell em he rolled back the stone, pass it on Tell em he rolled back the stone, pass it on