HIVE OPEN MIC WEEK 172: DANCE WITH MY FATHER ACOUSTIC COVER || A TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND'S FATHER

Hello hive open mic family, I hope all is well🥰

For this week's theme titled FAMILY by @edwardstobia I chose to do one of my favourite song which I'm dedicating to a friend's dad who just passed away last month. I spoke with my friend -Peace recently and after a long talk, she told me of how her family looks broken after the death of her father. She told me of how her mum cries every night to sleep after a long day of work, how her younger ones asks her everyday if their father will come back home soon. I listened and couldn't hold back my tears. It made me wonder how life would have been without our family? How we would have carried on without having people to lean on?

I've been lost in thoughts since then and grateful to everyone I call my family. Family is all we have, they stay with us even when it looks like the world is crumbling right at our feet.

Join me today in singing out loud as I dedicate this beautiful acoustic guitar cover to Peace's family.

LYRICS

y father would lift me high
And dance with my mother and me
And then spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure
I was loved

If I could get another chance
Another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again

When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said

Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he
Would be gone from me

If I could steal one final glance
One final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again

Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mama cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me

I know I'm praying for much too much
But could You send back the only man she loved?
I know You don't do it usually
But, dear Lord, she's dying
To dance with my father again

Every night I fall asleep
And this is all I ever dream

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