Dance With My Father

1. Back when I was a child
Before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high
And dance with my mother and me and then.

Spin me around till I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure
I was loved.

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If I could get another chance
Another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again.

2. When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah
Then finally make me do just what my mama said.

Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he
Would be gone from me.

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Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear her, mama cryin' for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me.

I know I'm prayin' for much too much
But could You send back the only man she loved
I know You don't do it usually
But Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep
And this is all I ever dream.