GOD, TODAY MY DADDY DIED

God, today my daddy died.
Did you look the other way for a moment
and forget to watch over him?
Did you just let him slip away from me;
did you feel I no longer needed him?
God, today my daddy died.

God, today my daddy died.
I wasn't quite through with him yet.
I hadn't heard all the stories from him.
He loved to tell about his youth; and all the things he'd done.
God, today my daddy died.

God, today my daddy died.
I had a few more things to say to him,
a few more hugs to share.
There are still a lot of questions I wanted him to answer.
God, today my daddy died.

God, today my daddy died.
There must have been something pretty important
for which you needed him.
Did you need some help; did something need to be fixed?
He was really good at these sorts of things -
God, today my daddy died.

God, today my daddy died.
But I thank you for all the wonderful years
I had him to love.
And, thank you for all that love you placed in his
heart that he shared with me.
God, today my daddy died.

Jill
©March 2003

Midi: "Day I Said Good-bye"