They say he held me just the way new daddies always do
Kinda like he was afraid I would break in two
And everything he did would make me laugh so I've been told
He bought a war bond in my name when I was two weeks old
He never made me button up or make sure I wore a hat
PTA and Sunday school,
mama did all that I know now that he wanted to do more than
he did But I had no way of knowing then cause I was
just a kid
He taught me how to drive a car and fire a
16 gauge He taught me how to shoot 9 ball before I
was of age He taught me how to bluff a straight when
He never had all the answers but he was always there
He never took me fishing or mentioned birds and bees
I could count on one hand the times he raised his voice at me
He taught me how to tie a tie and rain it on my neck
He taught me how to catch a horse and how to ride him back
He told me son a woman will get madder at
you For something you don't do to her than
for something that you do
So dad if you can hear us, if there's radios
up there Turn it up and listen,
your boys are on the
air
We never could repay you, no matter what we do
But we wrote this song and sang it,
and we did it just for you