Happy Father's Day

[Bator]

The tears have all been shed now
We've said our last goodbyes
His soul's been blessed
He's laid to rest
And it's now I feel alone
He was more than just a father
A teacher, my best friend
He can still be heard
In the tunes we shared
When we play them on our own

I never will forget him
For he made me here "what I am"
Though he may be gone
Memory lingers on
And I miss him, the old man

As a boy he'd take me walking
By mountain, field and stream
And he showed me things
Not known to kings
And secrets between him and me
Like the colours of the pheasant
As he rises in the dawn
How to fish and make a wish
Beside the holly tree

I never will forget him
For he made me here "what I am"
Though he may be gone
Memory lingers on
And I miss him, the old man

I thought he'd live forever
'Cause he seemed so big and strong
But the minutes fly
And the years roll by
For a father and his son
And suddenly when it happened
There was so much left unsaid
No second chance
To tell him thanks
For everything he's done

I never will forget him
For he made me here "what I am"
Though he may be gone
Memory lingers on
And I miss him ... my old man ....

 

[The Internet]

Awww, buddy, that's beautiful. My Dad is still here, but I lost my mom earlier this year, and I definitely relate to replaying everything in your mind......and for things left unsaid......and for things you can let go of once they're gone.....

But to all the Dads on the Forum, and the ones that are still with us.....Happy Father's Day! May you live the day of a happy king!

 

[Bugman]

Man, that is beautiful. Lost my father in 1982, but we still talk about him all the time, miss him so much. When I was living back in my hometown, every birthday, Memorial Day and Independence Day we took red white and blue flowers to the cemetery.