AS I'M SITTTING HERE ALL ALONE,
WONDERING WHAT LIFE WILL BRING.
AND MY MIND BEGINS TO WONDER,
AND THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SING.
THEY ALWAYS SEEM SO HAPPY,
AND I WISH I SHARED THERE JOY
BUT I'M A DAD OF AN AIRFORCE SON,
AND I REALLY DO MISS MY BOY.
WE USE TO DO SO MANY THINGS,
BUT NOW I DO THEM ALL ALONE,
SO I'M TRUELY MISSING MY SON.
AND WISH THAT HE WAS HOME.
THE FIRST TIME THAT I HELD YOU,
YOU WHERE ONLY HOURS OLD.
I LOOKED UP THE SKY ABOVE ME,
THANK GOD FOR THIS PRECIOUS SOUL.
AND WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR FIRST STEP
MY EYES JUST FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY,
AND YOU CAME WALKING TO ME
SO I COULD HOLD MY LITTLE BOY.
OH HOW I REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY
THAT I HAD TO TAKE YOU TO SCHOOL.
I TOLD EVERYONE THAT I WOULDN’T CRY
BUT HOW I JUST BALLED FOR YOU.
THEN YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL
AND FINISHED IN THE TOP FIVE
OH HOW PROUD YOU MADE ME SON
SO I GAVE YOU MY IROC-Z TO DRIVE.
SO NOW YOUR IN THE AIRFORCE ,
AND ITS BEEN OVER THREE LONG YEARS.
AND HOW DADDY MISSES YOU SON
AND SHEAD SOME LONELY PROUD TEARS.
NOW WHEN HE COMES TO VISIT ME,
OH HOW MY HEART FEELS SO TRULY ALIVE,
BUT WHEN HE RETURNS TO DUTY,
THIS FATHER CANT HELP BUT CRY.
SO TO MY PRECIOUS AIRFORCE SON,
WHOM I LOVE WITH ALL MY SOUL,
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF,
AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
Written for my son’s from his navy day, and
All who serve us proud…god bless
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