Need You to Know Lyrics

I was the first one you saw when you opened your eyes

The one who would hold you and steady your cries

I fed you from bottles and small tiny spoons

Rocketship hugs and flights to the moon

Pushing the stroller to get you to nap

Or just sit there and hold ya asleep in my lap

Drop offs at daycare and pick ups at five

Watching you play there right when I arrive

Walking the garden and pulling the weeds

With your smiling face and a handful of peas

Fixing the tractor when tires go flat

Questions to answer, "hey Dad what is that"

Snacks by the lake with you by my side

I'd catch you every time at the bottom of slides

Stand by your side on the carnival rides

Pull you uphill on the tube that you glide

I hope you both know that I still love you so

This wasn't my choice but I just had to go

It just isn't right, want to be in your lives

I still have to fight just have you in mine

I hope you both know that I still love you so

This wasn't my choice but I just had to go

It just isn't right, need to know you're alive

I still have to fight and you're still on my mind

I miss everything, the songs that we'd sing

S'mores by the fire and pushing the swing

Daddy go higher I'm reaching the trees

I'm praying to see you, I fall to my knees

I'm filling my cupboards with food that you like

I still have your toys and I still have your bike

That little red wagon sits empty unused

I cleaned out my car found some mismatched shoes

I see kids in public that remind me of you

And I almost break down I don't know what to do

This is the hardest thing I'll ever go through

How much have you learned, how much have you grew

Missing your birthdays, missing your smiles

Stepping on legos and laundry in piles

Kissing your boo boos and cleaning up spills

Wading in rivers and rolling down hills

I hope you both know that I still love you so

This wasn't my choice but I just had to go

It just isn't right, want to be in your lives

I still have to fight just have you in mine

I hope you both know that I still love you so

This wasn't my choice but I just had to go

It just isn't right, need to know you're alive

I still have to fight and you're still on my mind

Coming home from work to hear "yaay daddy's home"

Beats unlocking the door just to sit here alone

I wish I could just talk to you on the phone

Or go play at the playground and see how you've grown

Got scribbly pictures you drew on my fridge

I got two extra bedrooms for you where I live

There's a swing set and playground across from the yard

There's a nice grassy hill good for looking at stars

There's a treehouse and fire pit you've never seen

I wake up and wish this was just a bad dream

There's a few funny closets to seek and go hide

There's a street with no traffic to skate and go ride

A stairway and hallway and rooms that have beds

With Blankets for warmth and pillows for heads

I need to know your fine, I need you to know I care

You need to know your mine and you need to know I'm there

I hope you both know that I still love you so

This wasn't my choice but I just had to go

It just isn't right, want to be in your lives

I still have to fight just have you in mine

I hope you both know that I still love you so

This wasn't my choice but I just had to go

It just isn't right, need to know you're alive

I still have to fight and you're still on my mind

Always