He don't say much about nothing except when he's got something to say But he knows, in the end, what he thinks don't matter anyway He ain't much for going or talking in the phone If he gets his way, he'll sit there, in his chair at home He's an old man But he's my best friend He's my grandpa He's got an 8th grade education but he's an educated man He knows all about the hard times and working with his hands 'Cause he worked on cars for a living When he got home from the war He threw away his uniforms because he didn't want them anymore He's a hard man But he's my best friend He's my grandpa He turned eighty-eight last summer and he still mows his lawn Somebody else could do it but he thinks it keeps him young He used to drive out to Powhatten, Where he'd drink enough to drown Yeah, He was rowdy in his younger days Thank God he settled down He likes them old Clint Eastwood movies 'cause he's tough old SOB Growing up, everybody used to say they saw a lot of him in me How could I not be just like him Even if it weren't for the last name We spent all our time together, yeah, me and him we're one in the same He's a good man A do-it-like-you-should man He's my best friend He's my grandpa Yeah, he's my grandpa