He's My Dad

He’s The Hero/My Dad

20/06/2021 © Gary Quinn

When I was growin’ up I dreamt the same old young boys dreams

Imagination running wild, no stopping who I could be

Superman, save the world, won the game, got the girl

Or singin’ at The Opry like a country celebrity

But who I wanted to be like most, didn’t fly in a shiny suit

He worked his fingers to the bone and tended to his family roots

He don’t wear a cape and he can’t stop a bullet with his hand

But he protects me with life lessons and he made me understand

That kindness and forgiveness are the real strengths of a man

He’s the hero that I’m tryin’ to be so bad, he’s my Dad

Now I’m grown up my dreams are mostly for my children

Makin’ sure that they both know they’re one in seven billion

Be the man in their world cos he’s my boy and she’s Daddy’s girl

Prayin’ that they see in me all I want to be in him

And I’m doin’ everythin’ to be just half the man he is

Cos he don’t wear a cape and he can’t stop a bullet with his hand

But he protects me with life lessons and he made me understand

That kindness and forgiveness are the real strengths of a man

He’s the hero that I’m tryin’ to be so bad, he’s my Dad

And each Sunday I give thanks on bended knee

For the example and the love that he gives to me

Yeah he don’t wear a cape and he can’t stop a bullet with his hand

But he protects me with life lessons and he made me understand

That kindness and forgiveness are the real strengths of a man

He’s the hero that I’m tryin’ to be so bad,

And just like me I hope my kids can say proudly, he’s my Dad

He’s my Dad.