[Verse 1]
I'm on a stage right now
And it's wild that it's me, they're here to listen to
And not some other fool
You're back in my hometown
I've been meaning to call you up and ask what you've been doing
I bet cleaning out the pool

[Pre-Chorus]
You believed in me when no one did
You'll always have a part of this
Deep down I'm just a little kid hoping I make you proud

[Chorus]
I've been standing on your shoulders
For my whole life
Wasn't till I started getting older
That I started realizing
All the ways you made a way for me
And things you sacrificed
I'm up here 'cause I'vе been standing on your shoulders
For my whole life

[Post-Chorus]
My wholе life
[Verse 2]
It shouldn't be this hard
To tell someone the part they played in making you
Guess that's why we never do
So I wrote this down
It ain't half of what I'd really like to say to you
But it'll have to do

[Pre-Chorus]
You had a quiet steady confidence
You said it without saying it
Days and years and brick-by-brick you said I made you proud

[Chorus]
I've been standing on your shoulders
For my whole life
Wasn't till I started getting older
That I started realizing
All the ways you made a way for me
And things you sacrificed
I'm up here 'cause I've been standing on your shoulders
For my whole life

[Post-Chorus]
My whole life
I've been standing on your shoulders my whole life
[Bridge]
In your rolled-up sleeves
You did the best you could
You saw the best in me and that's more than I could ask for

[Chorus]
I've been standing on your shoulders
For my whole life
It took getting older
Before I started realizing
All the ways you made a way for me
And things you sacrificed
I'm up here 'cause I've been standing on your shoulders
For my whole life

[Outro]
My whole life
I've been standing on your shoulders my whole life
My whole life