MY DAD (for his 80th birthday)

YOU ARE MY DAD I WAS YOUR GIRL

WE LOVED AND LAUGHED YOU WERE MY WORLD

THERE WAS FISHIN’ AND CAMPIN’ AND SKI-IN’ AND WATCHIN’ TV

MIKE AND RUSS PLAYIN’ FOOTBALL

AND DONNA CHEERLEADIN’ THE TEAM

YOU ARE MY DAD I WAS YOUR GIRL

YOU MADE ME FEEL I OWNED THE WORLD

THERE WERE SPANKINS’ AND TALKIN’ AND LOVIN’ AND LECTURIN’ TOO

ALWAYS KNOWIN’ THAT YOU AND MOM

WANTED THE BEST WE COULD DO

YOU ARE MY DAD I WAS YOUR GIRL

YOU LOVED ME SO YOU WERE MY WORLD

THEN A GUY COMES ALONG TO SWEEP ME AWAY IN HIS ARMS

LIKE A WHIRLWIND CAUGHT UP IN ROMANCE;

FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS CHARMS

HOW MANY NIGHTS YOU KEPT VIGIL FOR ME?

HOW MANY TEARS WERE CRIED?

HOW MANY HURTS, HOW MANY JOYS,

HOW MANY PRAYERS APPLIED?

YOU ARE MY DAD I’M STILL YOUR GIRL

YOU BROUGHT THE LORD INTO MY WORLD

THERE’LL BE CHRISTMAS AT SHILOH

WITH PAPER RIGHT UP TO OUR KNEES

THERE’LL BE EASTER EGG HUNTS

WITH THE CANDY RIGHT UP IN THE TREES

YOU ARE MY DAD I’M STILL YOUR GIRL