Family Reunion

It won't make the papers
 Like some reunions do
 There won't be many people
 Just me and him and you
 I made a childhood promise
 You laughed and dried your tears
 But I swore that I'd bring Daddy home
 And tomorrow, he'll be here
 I tracked him down in Denver
 Where he'd lived all alone
 He was just another drifter
 With a number on his stone
 In his things, I'd found a picture
 Where his hands had worn it thin
 A smiling bride was by his side
 And now he'll be this way again
 We'll have that family reunion
 The one you dreamed of until the day you died
 But this time, Mama, he's gonna stay
 Forever by your side
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 I'd never really knew him
 I was no more than a kid
 He must have been worth something
 If someone loved him like you did
 It was hard without a man there
 You did his part too
 I watched your dreams fade through the years
 But Mama, this one is coming true
 We'll have that family reunion
 The one you dreamed of until the day you died
 But this time, Mama, he's gonna stay
 Forever by your side
 This time, Mama, he's gonna stay
 Forever by your side