Alan A. Berthelot

Alan A. Berthelot, a provider through and through

With a crowded room of friends, 'cause of everything you'd do

Riding in that wedding limo, four months before you passed

I should have thanked you for the day, and made that moment last

Your voice was always booming, but you never had to yell

You were honest, you were loving, and you taught us all so well

I wish I could hear you talking, loud and clear today

To tell you that I love you, and wash the guilt away

You showed us how to keep the faith, to know our wrong from right

Always visiting with Grandma, keeping family in the light

I'm holding on to who you were, my father and my guide

With all the time in the world, to keep you by my side

Mama wanted me at bingo, but I had a two-year-old

You said you'd watch my little girl, and then a joke was told

You said, "If she gets a dirty diaper, I'll just hose her in the yard!"

You never did it, but the laughter hit us pretty hard

You taught me how to raise my girls, with Catholic faith and grace

And every time I look at them, I see your honest face

I wish I could hear you talking, loud and clear today

To tell you that I love you, and wash the guilt away

You showed us how to keep the faith, to know our wrong from right

Always visiting with Grandma, keeping family in the light

I'm holding on to who you were, my father and my guide

With all the time in the world, to keep you by my side

The night before heaven called you, you asked to see the baby

Out there in the backyard, but I was rushing crazy

I said I didn't have the time, those words still haunt my mind

But I know your heart was generous, I know your soul was kind

I'd give anything to take it back, to hear your voice again

But I'll let your spirit hold me now, and let the healing begin

I wish I could hear you talking, loud and clear today

To tell you that I'm sorry, and wash the tears away

You showed us how to keep the faith, to know our wrong from right

Always visiting with Grandma, keeping family in the light

Alan A. Berthelot, my father and my guide

I've got all the time in the world, to keep you by my side