Damon (Brother Dame)

My daughter stood there in my doorway

Said a cousin was searching online

I smiled and said, "My daddy's at home"

I truly believed you were fine

But the second I heard Tanisha crying

The phone slipped right out of my hand

I screamed and I fell to the floor in the quiet

Too broken to understand

How do you go on when you lose half your heart?

How do you breathe when the world falls apart?

Daddy, it still feels unreal that you're gone

I wish I could have saved you, I'm trying to be strong

No matter how old your little girl grows to be

I will always need you looking out for me

Brother Dame, I'll carry your love in my soul

Until the good Lord calls me home

I close my eyes and I'm back at the drive-in

Playing on the swings before the sun went down

Friday night pizza, the slide and the laughter

Spinning on the merry-go-round

Saturdays renting those weekend movies

You'd call us for snacks when the daylight dimmed

These are the memories I hold onto tightly

When the sorrow starts closing in

How do you go on when you lose half your heart?

How do you breathe when the world falls apart?

Daddy, it still feels unreal that you're gone

I wish I could have saved you, I'm trying to be strong

No matter how old your little girl grows to be

I will always need you looking out for me

Brother Dame, I'll carry your love in my soul

Until the good Lord calls me home

You built up your business, you fought through the pain

When Uncle Lamont left, you carried the ache

No cigarettes, no spirits, you humbled your pride

You became the man I had prayed for all my life

But why didn't they call me? Why didn't I know?

I just wanted more time before you had to go

Now Grandpa has joined you, three weeks have passed by

And I'm down here looking for a sign in the sky

I've got these heart problems, I'm scared in the night

Thinking of Uncle Jesse and losing the fight

I need your sweet wisdom, your crazy old jokes

To comfort my spirit when I'm losing hope

Just send me a whisper, a dream in the wind

To tell me my daddy is with me again

How do you go on when you lose half your heart?

How do you breathe when the world falls apart?

Daddy, it still feels unreal that you're gone

I wish I could have saved you, I'm trying to be strong

No matter how old your little girl grows to be

I will always need you looking out for me

Brother Dame, I'll carry your love in my soul

Until the good Lord calls me home

Yes, I will love you, forever my own

Until the good Lord calls me home