Today I've been counting the many blessings In the family my dad raised All the love we shared through the years Has come back to me in many ways And today My mind flashbacked to my childhood days I recall my first day of school And how much it hurt my dad to see me start off in patched up blue jeans But dad, today thats the style My boy won't go anywhere without his patched up jeans Their old and faded And they look like they've never been cleaned And I remember Sunday school And how I'd get mad when you'd make me go But now I can see why that was so important to you Cause we prayed together And we stayed together Now my dad was a man that knew his own mind And I remember when he'd call us all together And he'd say, "family it's lovin time" His world was built around mom and the four kids they raised And I can still see the smile that always came on momma's face Each time dad would say the table grace The house was filled with lots of noise But when we got to loud dad would always say "oh those devilish boys" There was three of us the fourth was a girl Well you know dad had a choice A favorite that is But he'd say I love one just as much as I love the other Aww would you look at her She looks just like her mother I've heard alot of other people talk about my dad And talk about the things he'd done when he was young Cause I may be a little bit prejudiced But he was the best in the county when it came to a contest in games Cause he could out run, out box, out shoot any of the professionals that came to town Now my dad was a good man And his family came first And he did his best for us And I know sometimes He worked til it hurt The depression wasn't an easy time A dollar a day was the pay back then And I remember my dad leaving the house before day break And walking fourteen miles to get to work without being late Ahh I guess everyone remembers the good times and the bad Good times were happy and bad times were sad And when I'd do something wrong he'd straighten me out With a hand or a belt out behind the house But now momma didn't raise her voice or fuss when we'd get out of hand She'd just say now thats enough And if we didn't obey She'd tell dad what was wrong And without a question dad would lay it on Why we picked cotton, chopped cotton, stacked hay, pulled corn Well that's the way we made our livin back then on the farm But things are different now Cause it's like a new world we're livin in Everythings a mad rush And not enough time for friends And when I think of my dad It makes me proud you see Cause he gave so much of himself To make life easier for me Now not everyone's as lucky as I am To have a father who wanted the best for me out of life And now when I hear a church bell chime It's almost like my dad saying family its lovin time So why don't you go to your dad right now And tell him you love him And I'll bet you a dollar against a dog biscuit That it'll mean more to him then any gift that money could buy Cause you know you can't ever repay him For all the things he's done for you And the best way I know To let him know Is just say daddy I love you