Dad I know it’s been awhile since the last time I came by
It’s not that I’ve forgotten you
You’re always on my mind
But it’s for me each time I’m here to face that you’re gone
And to touch the stone that bears your name
Where you lie in Arlington
Do you remember Daddy
The model plane we made
On the day you left in uniform I remember what you said
Son I’ll teach you how to fly like me when the fighting’s done
But in the end your last flight brought you here to Arlington
Could you hear the times I’ve called out
And asked for your advice
Like the day I started college
And the night I met my wife
From the time I hit my first home run to my first born baby’s cry
I imagine you were standing right there by my side
The last time I saw you I was only ten years old
I’ve tried to become the kind of man you’d have liked to know
Dad I never told you but I’m proud to be your son
So much of you lives on in me
Though you lie in Arlington
So much of you lives on in me
Though you lie in Arlington
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