Matthew

April twenty-fifth, ninety-six, the spring was in the air

Nine pounds of pure joy, with those brown eyes staring there

You're Pop Pop's little guy, to Dad you'll always be his "Chew"

But my Matthew John is the perfect name for you

Look at you now, my Matthew John, on your wedding day

You've got a strength without the heavy, a light that leads the way

I've watched that little boy grow up, to be the man I'm proudest of

The character and heart you show, the way you give your love

I see the grown man standing here, but through the tears of joy

You will always be my brown-eyed baby boy

In your sister's Troop Three Hundred, an honorary Brownie from the start

Protective and so steady, with a gentle, caring heart

We adopted our remarkable and quirky "discount dog"

An ever-loving best friend through the sunshine and the fog

When you were small you told me you'd make a good big brother too

We didn't have another, but that instinct lived in you

I taught you how to drive your daddy's stick-shift truck

You said you'd have enough kids to fill a bus, with any luck

Look at you now, my Matthew John, on your wedding day

You've got a strength without the heavy, a light that leads the way

I've watched that little boy grow up, to be the man I'm proudest of

The character and heart you show, the way you give your love

I see the grown man standing here, but through the tears of joy

You will always be my brown-eyed baby boy

I look at the life you're building, the vows you make today

That uncomplicated joy of yours has never gone away

You'll make a beautiful father, I've known it from the start

'Cause caring for the ones you love is rooted in your heart

So look at you now, my Matthew John, on your wedding day

You've got a strength without the heavy, a light that leads the way

I've watched that little boy grow up, to be the man I'm proudest of

The character and heart you show, the way you give your love

I see the groom before me, but through the tears of joy

Somewhere deep inside my soul, you're my brown-eyed baby boy