Breathing Lessons

(ooh) When I was born my lungs were weak

In that

hospital room, the outlook bleak

Twelve long weeks till they let me go

Then you

held me tight in the winter snow

In twenty-fourteen, another fight

A brain bleed kept us up all night

Four years old, then a Tennessee move

We went away, but we found our groove You were busy,

always out on the line

But that's okay, yeah that's just fine

I learned to breathe underwater and stay away from fire

I learned to ride a bike and to reach a little higher

To stand up tall and not be afraid Because of every single

promise that you made (oh yeah)

You taught me how to read the Bible page by page

Getting closer to God at an early age

How to swing a bat,

how to play basketball

Standing by my side whenever I would fall

I learned to breathe underwater and stay away from fire

I learned to ride a bike and to reach a little higher

To stand up tall and not be afraid Because of every single

promise that you made

Cause you're my father,

the one who taught me everything

(yes you did) Yeah,

you taught me how to sing