Still got you in my dreams

🎵 Title: “Still Got You in My Dreams”

by Sam Fawcett

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I see you in pink pajamas, hair in tiny braids

Running through the sprinklers on those long Montana days

But time don’t stop for memories, no matter how I plead

And I’m stuck here with a snapshot, while the world just lets you leave

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Your mother closed the curtains, kept the daylight from my face

Turned birthdays into silence, made my love a stranger’s case

I missed your first recital, your prom night, and your tears

Now I watch you growing older through a friend’s grainy veneer

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I got sleepless nights and a heavy chest

Dreams that keep you near but never let me rest

I missed the chance to watch you bloom

To laugh with you and talk ’bout school

But I still got you in my dreams

Where you’re six years old and loving me

And no one else is stealing “Dad” from me

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I’m sorry for the distance, for the things I couldn’t fix

For every door that slammed on love I tried so hard to give

I never spoke against your mom, I held my tongue and prayed

That truth would find its way to you, through all the hurt and haze

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I worked the late-night shift and cried into my hands

I fought in court and silence just to try and understand

I stumbled through the dark alone but kept my heart in line

You’ve always been my reason — you’ve always been my fight

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And I want you to know, it’s never been your fault

Not once have I blamed you for the distance or the walls

My love has never faded, not an ounce has slipped away

I’ve just been counting heartbeats waiting for the day

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I got sleepless nights and a heavy chest

Dreams that keep you near but never let me rest

I missed the chance to walk you down

To dry your tears and cheer your crown

But I still got you in my dreams

Where you’re six years old and loving me

And no one else is stealing “Dad” from me

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Someday there’ll be laughter, maybe even tears

When we sit across a table and reclaim the missing years

You’ll see it in my eyes — the truth I always knew

That nothing in this world could stop my love for you

And I’ll say, “I’m sorry, but I never stopped trying too.”

Till then, I’ve got dreams, and they’ll carry me through

’Cause in them, I never lost you