Dad â?? Skip Ewing
( One of the best fatherâ??s day songs of all time!)
Intro:
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Verse 1
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I remember weâ??d leave early, in the Carolina rain
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Go catchinâ?? frogs and fishinâ?? off the peer
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That was back in â??67; havenâ??t thought about those days in years
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And I must have been a sight to see, with a dirty face and skinned up knees
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Reachinâ?? up so I could hold your hand
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I wish Iâ??d said I love you then, but I didnâ??t know just how to tell you dad
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I remember goinâ?? through my teens in tennis shoes and faded jeans
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Thinkinâ?? you could never understand
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Wish Iâ??d known what I was missinâ?? when I didnâ??t wanna listen to you dad
Chorus:
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And the pages of my life just keep on turninâ??
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The way you always told me they would do
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Thereâ??s lessons in this life that Iâ??m still learninâ??
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Oh, I wish I was a little more like you
Verse 2:
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Well I was just now thinkinâ?? â??bout you; so I took this time to write
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Write me back or call me when you can
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Things back here are goinâ?? well; thereâ??s really not much more to tell you dad
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I just wanted you to know, that youâ??re the best friend Iâ??ve ever had
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I remember weâ??d leave early, in the Carolina rain
