JUST TO LET YOU KNOW..MY GRANDPARENTS RAISED ME FROM THE TIME I WAS A BABY
THANK YOU
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
FOR LOVING ME
RIGHT FROM THE START
HOLDING ME IN YOU ARMS
KEEPING ME FROM HARM
FOR TREATING ME AS YOUR OWN
I NEVER FELT UNLOVED OR ALONE
FOR BEING MY DAD
THAT I NEVER HAD
FOR TEACHING ME RIGHT FROM WRONG
AND THROUGH LIFE, HELPING ME ALONG
AS YOU LAID ON YOUR SIDE IN THE HALL
TRYING TO TEACH ME HOW TO CRAWL
FOR FIRING ME OFF THE TRACTOR
I LOOK BACK NOW WITH LAUGHTER
FOR TEACHING HOW TO DRIVE
THANK GOD YOU GOT OFF THE FLOOR BOARD OR WE WOULDN'T BE ALIVE
AS A TEENAGER THE STUFF I PUT YOU THRU
OH MY! WHAT I HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO
WHEN I NEEDED YOU , YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE
YOU TAUGHT ME TO LOVE AND HOW TO CARE
I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME
YOUR BUDDY AND HELPER, I'LL ALWAYS BE
THE LOVE IN MY HEART
WILL NEVER LET US BE TORN APART
AND NOW MY KIDS ARE HERE
AND THEY HOLD YOU SO DEAR
YOU HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART
TOGETHER FOREVER, NEVER TO PART
I'M SO HAPPY YOUR APART OF THEIR LIFE
LOOK AT ME
I'VE TURNED OUT TO BE A GOOD MOTHER AND WIFE
YES, I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR
AND AS TIME GOES ON, THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE
I WISH I COULD GO BACK
TO THE TIME I SAT ON YOUR LAP
OF COURSE I CAN'T, AND THAT MAKES ME SAD
CAUSE I'D HUG YOU AROUND THE NECK AND SAY
"I LOVE YOU GRAND-DAD"
GOD I BARELY MADE IT THROUGH THAT... SOME OF THE SPELLING MY BE WRONG CAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE KEYBOARD NOW, BUT THEY READ THIS AT HIS FUNERAL FOR ME....