Showing posts with label Daddy's Hands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daddy's Hands. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Daddy's Hands

Today is Father's Day. As kids, we give dad t-shirts saying 'world greatest dad', coffee mugs with '#1 dad' written on the side. By the time we are adults, it's usually a card.

Coming home today, I was listening to the song 'Daddy's Hands' on the radio. It's a country song that's been around for years. It's one of those songs that makes you think, remember, your childhood.

I remember Daddy´s hands, folded silently in prayer.
And reaching out to hold me, when I had a nightmare.
You could read quite a story, in the callouses and lines.
Years of work and worry had left their mark behind.
I remember Daddy´s hands, how they held my Mama tight,
And patted my back, for something done right.
There are things that I´ve forgotten, that I loved about the man,
But I´ll always remember the love in Daddy´s hands.

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin´.
Daddy´s hands, were hard as steel when I´d done wrong.
Daddy´s hands, weren´t always gentle
But I´ve come to understand.
There was always love in Daddy´s hands.

I remember Daddy´s hands, working 'til they bled.
Sacrificed unselfishly, just to keep us all fed.
If I could do things over, I´d live my life again.
And never take for granted the love in Daddy´s hands.

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin´.
Daddy´s hands, were hard as steel when I´d done wrong.
Daddy´s hands, weren´t always gentle
But I´ve come to understand.
There was always love in Daddy´s hands.

Daddy's hands were soft and kind when I was cryin´.
Daddy´s hands, were hard as steel when I´d done wrong.
Daddy´s hands, weren´t always gentle
But I´ve come to understand.
There was always love .....
In Daddy´s hands.


This is the first Father's Day without my dad. I'm not really sure how I was supposed to feel today, but it has been emotional is a weird way. There were many 'father' songs played to day in honor of Father's Days. I guess this song stood out to me because it is talking about her father in the past tense, like he is no longer there, which I could relate to.