Everything I’ve got

Verse 1

Alarm goes off before the sun comes up,

Coffee in a cup that’s already gone cold,

Steel-toed boots and a truck fired up,

Another long day just to give them more.

I watch those little faces sleeping,

Wish I could stay, but the bills keep calling,

So I kiss their heads and whisper softly,

“Daddy’s working, but I ain’t forgetting.”

Chorus

I give ’em every hour I’ve got,

Every drop of sweat, every ounce of heart,

I give up sleep, I give up time,

Just to make sure they’re doing alright.

Maybe they won’t understand today,

Why Daddy’s gone so much away,

But someday I hope they’ll see

I was building them a better life than me.

I may not have everything they want,

But I’ll give ’em everything I’ve got.

Verse 2

Sometimes I miss the ball games and the bedtime stories,

Sometimes I hate that I’m not there enough,

But I’m trying to give them more than I was handed,

A safe place to land when this world gets tough.

I’d rather drive an old truck for twenty years

Than let one of my babies go without,

And if carrying the weight means breaking my back,

Then that’s a weight I’ll gladly carry out.

Chorus

I give ’em every hour I’ve got,

Every drop of sweat, every ounce of heart,

I give up sleep, I give up time,

Just to make sure they’re doing alright.

Maybe they won’t understand today,

Why Daddy’s gone so much away,

But someday I hope they’ll see

I was building them a better life than me.

I may not have everything they want,

But I’ll give ’em everything I’ve got.

Bridge

And when I’m old and my hands are worn,

And these working days are finally gone,

I won’t count the money or the miles I drove,

I’ll count the memories and the people I love.

If they grow up knowing they were my reason,

Then every sacrifice was worth believing.

Final Chorus

I gave ’em every hour I had,

Every good day and every bad,

Every late night, every early morning,

Every mile down that long road I was driving.

And if they ever wonder what it cost,

I’d pay it all again, no matter what I lost.

’Cause being their dad is the greatest thing

This tired old heart will ever know.

I may not have given them a perfect life,

But I gave them everything I’ve got.

Outro

So if you see me tired,

Just know I’m alright…

I’m just spending my life

Making theirs a little brighter.