Ordinary Days

Your old blue jacket still hangs by the door Though nobody’s worn

it since you left this town I found your pocketknife beneath the

drawer

And held it like it might bring your voice back around You

taught me how to change a tire in the rain How to

shake a stranger’s hand and keep my word

I can still hear you laughing at my first guitar Saying "baby

girl you don’t need to be perfect to be heard"

Every little lesson finds me when I’m lost

I never knew just how much goodbye would cost

I miss you dad in the ordinary days When the coffee’s on

and the bills are due When I catch myself doing things your

way And I turn around to tell you but I can’t get

through If heaven has a porch

with a view of this old road

Dad, I hope you can see the woman I’m trying to become

I miss you dad,

more than these words can ever say But I’ll always carry on

your love In everything I do

There’s a dent in that old truck from that July parade

You let me drive it home with one hand on the wheel

You pointed out the farms along the county line Said a good

life ain’t something you can find It’s something

you gotta build

Now my own boy asks me why I look away When a

song comes on that we used to sing along to I tell

him you were strong and kind and funny too

And then I teach him every verse before the radio moves on

Well…some days

the silence feels too wide to cross Then your voice comes back

round Tells me not to worry

and reminds me

not to quit I miss you dad in the ordinary days When

the coffee’s on and the bills are due When I catch myself

doing things your way And I turn around to tell you but

I can’t get through

I miss you dad,

more than these words can ever say But I’ll always carry on

your love In everything I do

In everything I do (I carry on your love)