Color Him Father

There's a man at my house, he's so big and strong

He goes to work each day, and he stays all day long

He comes home each night looking tired and beat

He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat

Never a frown, always a smile

When he says to me, "How's my child?"

I said that I've been studying hard all day in school

Tryin' very hard to understand the golden rule

I think I'll color this man father (Color him father)

I think I'll color him love (Color him love)

Said I'm gonna color him father (Color him father)

I think I'll color the man love, yes I will (Color him love)

He says education is the thing if you want to compete

Because without it, son, life ain't very sweet

I love this man, and I don't know why

Except I'll need his strength until the day that I die

My mother loves him, and I can tell

By the way she looks at him when he holds my little sister Nell

I heard her say just the other day

That if it hadn't of been for him, she couldn't have found her way

I think I'll color him father (Color him father)

I'm gonna color him love (Color him love)

I've got to color him father (Color him father)

I think I'll color this man love (Color him love)

Our real old man, he got killed in the war

And she knows she and seven kids couldn't of gotten very far

She said she thought that she could never love again

And then there he stood with that big wide grin

He married my mother, and he took us in

And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin

I've got to color this man father (Color him father)

I'm gonna color him love (Color him love)

I've got to color him father (Color him father)

I believe I'll color this man love (Color him love)

He's just been so good to me (Color him father)

I know I've got to color him love (Color him love)

I'm gonna color him father (Color him father)

I believe I've got to color this man love (Color him love)

He's just been so kind (Color him father)

I think I'll color him love (Color him love)

I'm gonna color him father (Color him father)