Wade Hayes - Family Reunion

(Chick Rains/Harlan Howard)

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
I swore that I`d bring Daddy home
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 found a picture
Where his hands had worn it thin
A smiling bride was by his side
Now you`ll be this way again

We`ll have that family reunion
The one you dreamed of
Until the day you died
This time Mama he`s gonna stay
Forever by your side

I 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
This time Mama he`s gonna stay
Forever by your side