Papa’s Love

Came in late you weren’t there from the start

No bloodlines no ties just opened your heart

Saw Mom as a queen gave her the crown

Lifted us up though life dragged us down

Papa Ed you gave what I never knew I missed

A father’s warmth a love in your gentle bliss

Gone too soon left a crack in the sky

Oh Papa why’d you have to say goodbye

Taught me to stand up even when I would fall

Taught me love wasn’t bound to blood at all

I saw her smile more than she had in years

Now her laughter’s drowned by her shattered tears

Papa Ed you gave what I never knew I missed

A father’s warmth a love in your gentle bliss

Gone too soon left a crack in the sky

Oh Papa why’d you have to say goodbye

Empty chair still sits right head of the table

The stories you told now feel like tall fables

Heavy silence every word feels so thin

Grief’s a loud echo no one’s listening

Now I stand taller though heavy my chest

Your lessons live on though you’re laid to rest

In her fragile hands she still holds your crown

I’ll carry it too I won’t let her down

Papa Ed you gave what I never knew I missed

A father’s warmth a love in your gentle bliss

Gone too soon left a crack in the sky

Oh Papa why’d you have to say goodbye