Papa Lyrics

Papa

Everyday my papa would work
To try to make ends meet
To see that we would
eat
Keep those shoes upon my feet
Every night my papa would take
me
And tuck me in my bed
Kiss me on my head
After all my prayers were
said
And there were years
Of sadness and of tears
Through it
all
Together we were strong
We were strong
Times were rough
But
Papa he was tough
Mama stood beside him all along

Growing up with
them was easy
The time had flew on by
The years began to fly
They aged
and so did I
And I could tell
That mama she wasn't well
Papa knew and
deep down so did she
So did she
When she died
Papa broke down and he
cried
And all he could say was, "God, why her? Take
me!"
Everyday he sat there sleeping in a rocking chair
He never went
upstais
Because she wasn't there

Then one day my Papa
said,
"Son, I'm proud of how you've grown"
He said, "Go
out and make it on your own.
Don't worry. I'm O.K. alone."
He said,
"There are things that you must do"
He said, "There's places
you must see"
And his eyes were sad as he
As he said goodbye to
me

Every time I kess my children
Papa's words ring true
He said,
"Children live through you.
Let them grow!  They'll leave you,
too"
I remember every word Papa used to say
I kiss my kids and
pray
That they'll think of me
Oh how I pray
They will think of
me
That way
Someday