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AS I WATCHED MY DADDY FUMBLE WITH HIS SHOES
AND STRAIN HIS EYES TO READ THE MORNING NEWS
I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS SUPERMAN AND BULLETPROOF
HE’D COME HOMEAFTER WORKIN’ HARD EACH DAY
WORKED 10 HOURS AND DRIVE 2 MORE EACH WAY
AND STILL TAKE THE TIME TO FILL MY MIND WITH SIMPLE TRUTH
YOU KNOW HE USED TO TAKE THIS WORLD ON SINGLE HANDED
NOW HE CAN’T REMEMBER WHERE HE PUT HIS GLASSES
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN

HE TAUGHT ME THINGS I NEED TO KNOW FOR LIVIN’
LIKE HOW TO TELL A JOKE AND TALK TO WOMEN
HOW TO DRIVE A CAR AND WORK REAL HARD AND TELL THE TRUTH
YOU KNOW HE USE TO DRAW A CROWD AND KEEP UM LAUGHING
NOW HE SITS A ROUND WITH NO ONE ELSE AROUND HIM
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN

YOU KNOW THEY SAY TIMES A HEALER BUT’S ITS MORE LIKE A THEIF
AND THIS MAN I’VE ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO IS LOOKING UP AT ME
HE TAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT THIS LIFE THAN ONE MAN OTTA KNOW
BUT HE NEVER TAUGHT ME HOW TO LET HIM GO I CAN’T LET HIM GO

THIS MORNIN I WENT BY THE NURSING HOME AND HE WAS SITTING ON HIS BED SIDE ALL ALONE
WITH SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AND WE HAD SOME LAUGHS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO
BUT THEN IT CAME THE TIME WHEN I JUST HAD TO GO
HE SAID WHEN YOU COMING BACK SON, I DON’T KNOW
THEN I KISSED HIS FACE AND I WALKED AWAY AND I LOST IT
AND I KNOW HE GOT A SPECIAL PLACE IN HEAVEN BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW I’LL MAKE IT HERE WITHOUT HIM WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN