I Remember Those Things

Here's cheers to my father, he's from the top shelf
There's no one we would rather have to ourselves
If I was half the man, I'd be content with myself
& That's just the way it is

Remember those days when we played our wars
Table-tennis down in the back shed
Water fights on un-droughted lawn, In our bare feet, just outside our beds

So I say to you, we love you our dad
Through all the hard times you never get mad
You give us your all as you do for our kids
I want you to know I remember those things
I remember those things that we did

Like Cricket in the drive
& Your homemade slippery dip
I flew right down with a swish
Going ferreting or having a fish
I remember those things that we did

Remember I chased my brother with an axe
You stood there & laughed & you said
"Hey that was funny as hell" "what about that"
But If I had caught him he would've been dead

So I say to you, we love you our dad
Through all the hard times you never get mad
You give us your all as you do for our kids
I want you to know, I remember those things
I remember those things that we did

Home brew exploding like real live Grenades
Raining on beer making parades
Kept on persisting until things went your way
Not realizing you were just teaching your way
Lessons like this were enough
Because of your actions, I now never give up
& That's just the way that it is

So here's cheers at the old bar
To our Dad & our wonderful Pa
Knowing in our hearts you brought us all this far
Cheers for all the things that you did

So I say to you, we love you our dad
Through all the hard times you never get mad
You give us your all as you do for our kids
I want you to know, I remember those things
I remember those things that we did