Love you, love you, love you
He did, he did, he did
He stood high above you
You were just a little kid
Your daddy was a farmer
His back was burnished red and gold
And every time he closed his eyes a rooster crowed
He sowed a hundred rows of corn
The summer you were born
And wondered what your life would yield
How it fe-e-e-e-els to be a child of his,
how it fe-e-e-e-els
Your daddy was a builder
He swung his hammer brown and silver
Every time he closed his eyes a nail was drove
And you were always underfoot
Like a splinter in the wood
He couldn't pull you from his heels
How it fe-e-e-e-els, how it feels
Love you, love you, love you
He did, he did, he did
He stood high above you
Sky around his head
Sawdust in his hair
A scarecrow of a man
He couldn't dra-a-w you near to him
Aaaaaaah-aah-aah-aah
But you grew up straight and you grew up true
He kept a blue-gray eye on you
Until the day he closed his eyes and left them closed
Your daddy didn't leave a will
He left a shovel and a hole to fill
And how it feels, how it feels
How it fe-e-e-e-els to be a child of his
How it fe-e-e-e-els to be alive like this
(Oooooooooooooooh,)
(Oooooooooooh)
But who gave you an axe to grind?
Who gave you a path to find?
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Who gave you a row to hoe?
Who gave you your sorrow?
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Who gave you the break of dawn?
A pleasure just to look upon
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Who gave you a barn to build?
And an empty pa-a-a-a-a-ge, to fill?