songs with good dad to son advice

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou

“Don’t let the man get you
And do what he done to me
Cuz he’ll get you”

Isbell's "Outfit"

“Coward of the County”

"Father and Son" surely rules this genre.

Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothing.

“Son I’m thirty, I only went with your mother cos she’s dirty”

You see the universe, which consists of the sun moon and star
And them planets, that exist in my space
Like man woman and child
You understand?
We got to keep it real, and what reality and reality will keep it real with us
I remember them good ol days
Because see, that's the child I was
What made me the man I am today
See cause if you forget where you come from, heheh
You're never gonna make it where you're goin, aheh
Because you lost the reality of yourself
So take one stroll through your mind
And see what you will find
And you'll see a whole universe all over again
and again and again and again and again

I remember what my father said
He said "Son, life is simple"
It's either cherry red or
Midnight blue

important thread

Swedish House Mafia, "Don't You Worry Child"

"My father said, "Don't you worry, don't you worry, child, Sierra's got a plan for you"

YES

'A Boy Named Sue'
'The Gambler' (fatherly advice from a stranger)

do we have to have separate threads for father to daughter, mother to son, and mother to daughter?

"Daddy?"
"Yes son?"
"What does regret mean?"
"Well son, a funny thing about regret is, that it is better to regret something that you have done. Than to regret something you haven't done
And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend be sure to tell her... SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN"

- Orbital 'Satan'

"Orbital"

Springsteen's "Walk Like A Man" doesn't have any directly stated father to son lines. More of a follow my example thing.

"My Hometown" has the line "son, take a good look around, this is your hometown." Fact check: yes. Advice? Not that clear especially as the town changes during the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIOxM3CN6Y

“Patches” to thread. Along with “Only the Strong Survive.”

not sure what advice there is in patches, unless it's the implicit 'life sucks and is unfair'.

boy named sue:

Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to make you strong

lol just saw someone mentioned it upthread, oops

not sure what advice there is in patches, unless it's the implicit 'life sucks and is unfair'.

the Who, “Pictures of Lily”

Outfit is magnificent. Don't let me catch you at Kendale, with a bucket of wealthy man's paint.

Also Willie Wright's Son, Dont Let Life Pass You By.

I tell him: Son, never throw the first punch. And if you must fight, make it clean

Lol @ "Orbital"

my pappy said, 'son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod lincoln'

Just remarked upon the word “good” in the thread title

Yes @ "Memo to My Son." Sort of a parody of this genre, from the POV of a dad who's insecure about his intelligence and has nothing but platitudes to offer.

you look like me
but please don't turn out like me
You look like me
but you're not like me I know.
I had one, two, three, four shots of happiness.
I look like a big man but I've only got a little soul.

Jimmy Webb, "Christiaan, No"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcEa5BaFTVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LAOUzwuDg4