Daddy's Eyes by Stephanie Raymond

DADDY’S EYES

I COULD SIT AND TALK FOR HOURS OF ALL HIS PAST TIMES
BEFORE HE HAD HIS KIDS BEFORE HE HAD HIS WIVES
I'D LISTEN TO ALL OF HIS OLD GAMES AND THE BAD THINGS HE DID
HOW THE WHOLE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE HE WAS JUST A KID

AND MY GRANDPA WOULD YELL HIM TO HIS BED
HE WONDERS IF GRAND PAPA MEANT THE THINGS HE SAID
TO HIM
AND HE TRIES TO HOLD BACK TEARS FROM ME
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT HIM THAT'S NOT ALL THAT I SEE

IN MY DADDY'S EYES IN MY DADDY'S EYES IN MY DADDY'S EYES
IN HIS EYES THERE AREN'T JUST TEARS THERE'S STORIES
AND WHEN HE CRIES THERE AREN'T JUST YEARS
THERE'S MEMORIES
AND AS ONE MORE DROP ROLLS DOWN HIS FACE
IT'S ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE INSIDE
OF MY DADDY'S EYES

BEFORE I WAS A LITTLE BABY BEFORE MY BIG BROTHER WAS TOO
BACK WHEN A FAMILY WAS A MAYBE
BUT FIRST HE HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO
LIKE A HIGH-SCHOOL BAND IN THE MAKE
A CAMPING TRIP BY THE LAKE WITH HIS FRIENDS
OH BACK WHEN

NOW HE ONLY SEES HIS MISTAKES SINCE HE'S GROWN SO WISE
HE SAID THAT'S NO THE PATH FOR YOU TO TAKE
WITH YOUR YOUNG EYES
TO ME
AND HE TRIES TO HOLD BACK TEARS FROM ME
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT HIM THAT'S NOT ALL THAT I SEE

IN MY DADDY'S EYES IN MY DADDY'S EYES IN MY DADDY’S EYES
IN HIS EYES THERE AREN'T JUST TEARS THERE'S STORIES
AND WHEN HE CRIES THERE AREN'T JUST YEARS
THERE'S MEMORIES
AND AS ONE MORE DROP ROLLS DOWN HIS FACE
IT'S ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE INSIDE
OF MY DADDY'S EYES

OH I COULD SIT AND TALK FOR HOURS