Song For My Father

Sitting here on the front porch
where we used to sit together in the spring and in the fall
Watching white geese float on the lake,
talking serious or laughing 'bout nothing at all

And there was something 'bout all those hours we spent
'bout the way you listened close or the way you smiled
Something 'bout the way you looked at me
Like you knew just where I was, like a father knows a child

And I remember you
When I wake, when I change, when I fall in love
I remember you, I remember, I remember you

Honest as a Minnesota sunrise,
Sometimes truer than anyone wanted it to be
You told it like it was, you didn't have to say a word
You held us close together in the spaces in between

Something 'bout the way you sang those silly camp songs
Something 'bout the way you beat that old guitar
Something 'bout the way you said hello on the telephone
Made me feel like you weren't really so far away

And I remember you
When I'm hurt, when I sing, when I stand my ground
and I remember you, I remember, I remember you

I'm sitting here on the front porch
I could swear I hear your voice, can see you walk cross the yard
Feel your arm around my shoulders, telling me it's all right
that there's peace where you are
And there's something 'bout all these people telling stories
'bout something you said, something crazy that you did
They say you were so young and in my mind you always will be
They say I stand just like you stood
That I look just like you did

And I remember you
When I laugh, when I learn,
when I tell my sons how proud you would have been
I remember you, I remember, I remember
I remember, I remember you