Daddy Was a Skywriter

Lyrics

[Chorus] Daddy was a skywriter Momma was a rock-stemmed rose Poppa shaped this place with grease and grace Momma loved me and I hope it shows [Verse 1] Tried and true was the color of his collar His eyes grew bluer as he searched for words But words are crumbs and the lesson of a father Is how to hack your way through the hunger and the birds Hopefully they're right about the pen being mightier Than any weapon anyone'll wield But where they mark off men with the cross of a pen I'll carry my old man's steel [Chorus] Daddy was a skywriter Momma was a rock-stemmed rose Poppa shaped this place with grease and grace Momma loved me and I hope it shows [Verse 2] She said, "Build your house on the solid rock of Jesus Fool to choose the sand of sin." I run out and sign myself a long lease On a little place made of rain and wind She learned me pretty good about the coulda-woulda-shoulda And the crippling weight of a crutch She wasn't dead on about every little thing But she weren't dead wrong about much [Chorus] Daddy was a skywriter Momma was a rock-stemmed rose Poppa shaped this place with grease and grace Momma loved me and I hope it shows [Chorus] Daddy was a skywriter Momma was a rock-stemmed rose Poppa shaped this place with grease and grace Momma loved me and I hope it shows [Chorus] Daddy was a skywriter Momma was a rock-stemmed rose Poppa shaped this place with grease and grace Momma loved me And I hope And I hope it shows