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Backstory:

I wrote this when I found out we were adopting our daughter Mia. Thanks for being the amazing reason I'm a father. Note: Final verse is different on the lyric sheet than how we demoed for obvious reasons ;-)

Lyrics:

                                                  

EMILY’S DAD

Danny Arena


SHE SAT ME DOWN ON THE COUCH AND BROKE THE NEWS TODAY
FIRST I WAS SHOCKED AND THEN I CRIED AND THEN I PRAYED
CAUSE YESTERDAY I WAS JUST ANOTHER MAN
BUT TODAY I’M GONNA BE EMILY’S DAD

SO I’M GONNA MAKE SOME CHANGES IN MY LIFE
START A COLLEGE FUND SO WHEN HARVARD CALLS SHE’LL BE ALL RIGHT
MAYBE LIFT SOME WEIGHTS SO ALL THE BOYFRIENDS SHE’LL HAVE
WILL BE SCARED THE FIRST TIME THEY MEET EMILY’S DAD


BRIDGE
I HOPE SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE HER MOTHER
CAUSE SHE WOULDN’T WANT MY THIGHS
SO MUCH TO DO BEFORE WE HAVE HER
OH MY GOD, THE TIME IS GONNA FLY


BUT EVEN IF MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES MY FATHER MADE
OR I BURN THE BARBEQUE ON EVERY FAMILY HOLIDAY
I HOPE IN TWENTY YEARS WHEN SHE LOOKS BACK
SHE’LL BE GLAD, JUST LIKE ME I WAS EMILY’S DAD


BRIDGE
(SOLO FIRST TWO LINES)
SHE’LL ALWAYS KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE HER
CAUSE I’LL TELL HER EVERY CHANCE I GET

WELL AS IT TURNS OUT, WE FLEW TO GUATEMALA
BUT THE MOMENT I SAW HER, I KNEW I WAS HER FATHER
I HOPE IN TWENTY YEARS WHEN SHE LOOKS BACK
SHE’LL BE GLAD, JUST LIKE ME I'M MIA'S DAD


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