For the Women in My Life

I remember I was barely four

When mama told me "Daddy's gone:.died in the war

He won't be home again"

I never knew him, a picture's all I had

Mama raised me all by herself through good and bad

Somehow she bore the pain

She's the one who believed in me

Always knew when to let me be

Showed me how to keep wrong from right

She was there for me day and night.

I know just what I am and I'm no shining knight

But I believe I'm a better man for the women in my life

I have a daughter, she's an only child

Like her father, she can get a little wild

Nobody holds her chained

Her mother raised her and bore the load,

And often told her "Daddy's gone out on the road

But he'll be home again"

But for the time that I wasn't there

When she needed a father's care

I can't turn back the hands of time

But let her know that I'm proud she's mine.

I know just what I am and I'm no shining knight

But I believe I'm a better man for the women in my life.

Of all the women in my life, the one that's closest to me

Is my companion, my confidant, my true and trusted friend

Her steady hand, her sparkling eyes were there to help me see

Right from the start, we traded hearts

So it shall be till the end

Mother, you gave the world to me

Daughter, you are a joy to see

Woman, you've been my constant wife

You are my passion, love of my life.

I know just what I am and I'm no shining knight

But I believe I'm a better man for the women in my life.