Daddy's Promise

(hmmm-mm) Five years of letters

unopened on your desk

I know I left you

with a heavy mess

Now I'm standing by the porch light,

shaking at the door

I don't wanna be that shadow anymore

I'm not asking for a miracle today

Just ten minutes so I can say

(oh please)

Give me one brick

to rebuild the wall

One steady hand

so you don't have to fall

I will earn your trust,

piece by piece

Until the storms inside of us

finally cease (yeah, piece by piece)

You've got your mother's eyes when you look at me cold

Too many promises

broken and old

But I got a job down at the timber yard now

I'm gonna make it right,

I swear to you somehow

And I know time won't erase the gray

And I can't buy back a single yesterday

But let me carry the weight you hold

(let me carry it now) Give me one brick

to rebuild the wall

One steady hand so you don't have to fall

I will earn your trust,

piece by piece

Until the storms inside of us

finally cease

Just one brick... (one brick at a time)

We can build it new