Thank You Dad (Tribute To Fathers)

[Thank You Dad (A Tribute to Fathers)] Thank you Dad, for all you do No words could tell my love for you The older now that I have grown The more I see the seeds you've sown When life was hard and bills were due You bore the weight and saw us through Though storms would rage and winds would blow You never let your children know With gratitude and heartfelt thanks I think of all the years it takes To build a home, to stand and fight To guard your family through the night When others left and walked away You chose to stay another day When weary voices said retreat You stood your ground and kept your feet Thank you Dad, for loving me For all the things I couldn't see The sacrifices no one knew The countless ways you carried through Through every joy and every scar You played a role in who I am And if I never say enough Thank you Dad... for all your love From my first steps across the floor To every dream I reached toward You walked beside me all the way Through every season, every day In darkened nights you held my hand When I was too young to understand With steady arms and patient stride You held my bicycle and ran beside Through teenage years when I lost sight And wandered far from what was right You never cast my name aside But waited there with arms open wide Sometimes silent, watching still You let me learn, you let me fail The tears and worries that you bore You hid behind a closed door Now I see what I could not then The burden carried by a man The dreams you laid upon the shelf So I could find a characters true wealth The strength it took, the price you paid The prayers you whispered, nights you stayed The older that I grow each day The more I thank God for the way You loved me Thank you Dad, for loving me For all the things I couldn't see For every lesson, every prayer For every moment you were there And when at last this life is through I'll carry all I learned from you A faithful life, through hardened path Forever grateful... Thank you Dad A father's love is often shown Not by the words he speaks alone But by the life he gives away Thank you Dad... Is all my heart wants to say