Dad

You raised up six daughters, a house full of girls

The quiet and steady right here in our world

I think of those Christmases, the gifts you would make

The time and the care that your two hands would take

You gathered up pieces, whatever you'd find

Built six bikes from scrap, left no sister behind

You taught me to drive, sitting right by my side

Showed me how to handle this bumpy old ride

You're the best dad a daughter could ever have known

And these seven years back, I’m so glad I came home

Through the joy and the sorrow, the light and the dark

There's a special kind of grace in a girl dad's heart

I wandered away, spent some years on my own

But you were the compass that pointed me home

You were there in the room when my first boy was born

Smiling so proud on that beautiful morn

And when the sky broke, and he passed away

You held me together through my darkest day

You carried my grief when I couldn't stand

Just a father and daughter, holding my hand

You're the best dad a daughter could ever have known

And these seven years back, I’m so glad I came home

Through the joy and the sorrow, the light and the dark

There's a special kind of grace in a girl dad's heart

Now I watch you today with my other two boys

Filling the front porch with laughter and noise

But when my four-year-old daughter walks into the room

She melts for her Pawpaw, and you melt right back too

Seeing you with her makes everything right

I'm so glad that I made it back into your life

You're the best dad a daughter could ever have known

And these seven years back, I’m so glad I came home

Through the joy and the sorrow, the light and the dark

There's a special kind of grace in a girl dad's heart

Yeah, you built it from scrap, but it's a work of art

The beautiful love in a girl dad's heart