Anthony

I still have that little piece of paper

The wrapper from the gum you gave to me

Tucked inside my Bible for safekeeping

A memory of how we came to be

Laughing at the man down at the Subway

Saying "whole wheat or white" so fast we couldn't breathe

Just a couple kids, but I was falling

Anthony, you became my everything

You're the one who keeps this family safe and sound

The greatest daddy that could ever be around

So protective, with a love so deep and true

Since I was seventeen, it’s only been you

Yeah, it was all you back then, my heart was set free

And it will always be all you for me

When I was down in Dothan for my classes

You’d spend your days off driving down the line

Just to take me out to lunch and see me smiling

Giving me your heart and giving me your time

I remember our first trip down to the water

Splashing in the ocean like a child at play

Getting sick on that rocking ship at Miracle Strip

I wouldn't trade a second of those crazy days

You're the one who keeps this family safe and sound

The greatest daddy that could ever be around

So protective, with a love so deep and true

Since I was seventeen, it’s only been you

Yeah, it was all you back then, my heart was set free

And it will always be all you for me

But the moment that I knew my heart was taken

Underneath the streetlights in the dark

You pulled the car over to the shoulder

And sang "You Are My Lady" to my heart

Oh, Anthony, you sang right to my soul

And I knew I'd never want to let you go

You're the one who keeps this family safe and sound

The greatest daddy that could ever be around

So protective, with a love so deep and true

Since I was seventeen, it’s only been you

Yeah, it was all you back then, my heart was set free

And it will always be all you for me

Forever and always, all you for me