[Verse 1]
I love you, dad
That’s the hard truth
You taught me plenty
Mostly what not to do
But I got your face
In the back of my mind
And some good times
Still cut right through
[Pre-Chorus]
I remember that chair
The worn-out strings
Your fingers moving
Like you knew everything
A cracked green bottle
By the amp on the floor
You looked so alive
When you reached for more
[Chorus]
I love you, dad
I still do
Even with the scars
And the things we went through
I love you, dad
It’s a song I can’t hide
(oh, I love you, dad)
Few good times
But they stayed in my life
[Verse 2]
You showed me a road
I never should take
And I learned the hard way
What a heart can break
Still I laugh sometimes
At the old front room
You with that guitar
And the smoke in bloom
[Pre-Chorus]
You’d hit one clean chord
Then grin at me
Like the whole damn house
Could finally breathe
And though the years
Kept pulling us apart
There’s a stubborn little truth
Stuck in my heart
[Chorus]
I love you, dad
I still do
Even with the scars
And the things we went through
I love you, dad
It’s a song I can’t hide
(oh, I love you, dad)
Few good times
But they stayed in my life
[Bridge]
Maybe you were broken
Maybe I was too
Maybe that’s why
I keep sounding like you
Not every lesson
Was gentle or kind
But your old guitar
Still lives in my mind
[Final Chorus]
I love you, dad
I still do
Even with the scars
And the things we went through
I love you, dad
Say it loud, say it true
(oh, I love you, dad)
What not to do
And the love that got me through