[Verse 1]
Heard your name my whole life
Like a rumor on the wind
Photos in a shoebox
You, a stranger and my kin
Eighteen candles burning
When the truth walked through the door
Suddenly my heartbeat
Knew the man I’d waited for
[Chorus]
I love you from a distance
From miles of empty roads
From late-night conversations
On a cracked-up telephone
I missed your arms around me
But I feel you in my bones
Daddy, I still love you
From miles from your front porch to my home
[Verse 2]
You talk about your backyard
And that old red pickup truck
I talk about the birthdays
Where I thought you’d just gave up
We stumble through the silence
Laugh at things that almost hurt
Two strangers learning how to
Put a last name to the word
[Chorus]
I love you from a distance
From miles of empty roads
From late-night conversations
On a cracked-up telephone
I missed your arms around me
But I feel you in my bones
Daddy, I still love you
From miles from your front porch to my home
[Bridge]
Maybe we won’t get those firsts back
But we can steal a couple days
I’ll meet you where the sky’s wide open
And we won’t let it slip away (no, we won’t)
[Chorus]
I love you from a distance
From miles of empty roads
From every “I’m so proud of you”
That I’d been needing to be told
I missed your arms around me
But I’m not out here alone
Daddy, I still love you
From miles from your front porch to my home
(yeah, I still love you)
From miles from your front porch
To my home