People, Places and Praises...Dad Songs

Ricky & Rick 1965

'ALWAYS' - Take these pieces thrown away, put them together night and night. Wash by the sun, dried by the rain, to be my father in the fatherless days.

'Say' by John Mayer. Say what you need to say...8x ... It's better to say to much than to not say what you need to say.

'You Don't Even Know Me Anymore' by Mark Shultz...I turned around to see my son, I remember his first birthday and I was twenty-one. I missed his life, I missed it all, oh to him who was a stranger living down the hall. He said I learned to live without you dad, but I'd give it all just to have you back. But you don't even know who I am anymore, I used to wait at all my games, still you never came and I I've been waiting right here over all these years, all the time you said you'd owe me, I wanted you to show me, but do even know me anymore? I watched my days turn into years, and now I'm wondering how I round up here? I dream my dreams, I made my plans, but all I've built here is an empty man... And I don't even know who I am anymore, God I'm praying through the days, let me make for these years. Oh have I waited to long, can I start again? To be the man you wanted of me, begging you to show me. Do you really know me anymore?

Air Force pics...Dad's 1958, Mine 1978

'Blink' by Revive... Teach me to number my days and count every every moment before they slip away, taking all the colors before they fade to gray. I Don't want to miss even just a second more of this. It happens in a blink, it happens in a flash, it happens in the time it took to back, I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time, what is it I've done with my life? It happens in a blink, it happens in a blink. When it's all said and done, no one remembers how far we have run, the only thing that matters is how we have loved. flashI don't want to miss even just a second more of this. It happens in a blink, it happens in a flash, it happens in the time it took to look back. I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time. What is it that I've done with my life? It happens in a blink, it happens in a blink, it happens in a blink. Slow down, slow down, before today becomes our yesterday. Slow down, slow down before you turn around and it's to late.

'Love Remains' by JJ Keller... He cries in the corner where nobody sees, he's the kid with the story no one would believe. He's every night, dear God won't You please, could you send someone here to love me. Who will love me for me, not for what I have done or what I will become? Who will love me for me, cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means.

There you have it...I've said what I need to say. I wish that I would have had my father as a father should be. I did not! So, I will remember, that is treasure the 'best' memories and give him honor as best I can. Thank You my heavenly Father for Your grace onto this child. Might I always to able to 'extend' that same grace to others. Amen!