Would You Carry Me

I used to wait for Dad with my old cane pole

Knowing he would take me to our favorite fishing hole

It was just about a mile to that old river bed

And on the way down there I was always up ahead

But that old journey home seemed like a hundred miles

Uphill all the way and I'd keep up for awhile

Dad would always stop just about half way

And he knew when I'd caught up, he would hear me say

Daddy, I'm tired, this road is just too long

How come it seems so far when we're heading home

My cane is getting heavy, my legs are just too weak

Daddy, would you carry me

Oh, Daddy, would you carry me

But that was years ago and everything has changed

The man that used to carry me now leans upon a cane

But I still turn to him when life gets me down

And wonder who I'd go to when he is not around

So just the other day, I walked up to the house

And stepped into the front door

Dad was knelt beside the couch

He did not hear me enter, but I could hear him pray

And I learned another lesson when I heard my daddy say

Father, I'm tired, this road is just too long

How come it seems so far when we're heading home

My cane is getting heavy, my legs are just too weak

Father, would you carry me

Oh, Father, would you carry me