Dad’s Song
by Christal Casey-Moore
Story behind the song:
I wrote Dad’s Song a while back. This song came about because I jokingly told my mom I would put what my dad would tell us as kids into a song……. and I eventually did.
My dad passed July 11, 2010. I wanted to write a song for him once I got into songwriting. I did not start writing songs till 2016 when I started to learn guitar. This song was probably a year into my songwriting.
My dad was a jokester and always trying to trick me and the whole family into believing something he had made up. One of these “jokes” was pulling up to the railroad track just as the arms went down to wait on the train and he would say, “the _______(insert current time of waiting on train) is right on time”. So if it was 10:00 he would say, “the 10 o’clock is right on time”. As a kid, I believed everything he would tell me and fell into that gullible category! I couldn’t believe he knew when all the trains were coming! Ha! And so, this became the first verse: “The 7:09 is right on time just like the 6:04 that came before…”
The other lyrics (listed below) includes his smoking (I can still smell the cigarette smoke when I return to my childhood house), him praying, leaving notes on my car, getting up early to go to pour cement, a hard worker, all for us.
We grew up in Amarillo where the weather is hotter than hot in the summer and the winter’s are brutal. He worked in that west Texas wind that will burn your legs with sand in the summer and blow ice right through you in winter.
We miss him everyday. Here in San Marcos where I live now, “I hear that whistle blowing by my window it’s like you’re stopping by to say hello”….”you lovingly haunt me”……
Title: Dad’s Song
Lyrics:
The 7:09 was right on time
Just like the 6:04 that came before
I hear the whistle blowing right by my window
It’s like your stopping by to say, “Hello”
You lovingly haunt me
You lovingly haunt me
You oooo, oooo lovingly haunt me
Cigarette smoke seeping through the walls
Your wind chime chiming, chiming down the hall
4 am prayers I do recall
Notes you left on my car reminding me to call
You lovingly haunt me
You lovingly haunt me
You oooo, oooo lovingly haunt me
Rising before the sun begins
Cement dust on your weathered skin
Blistering sun burning down on you
The winter wind that blows right through you
Working till your fingers bled
All for us and our daily bread
You lovingly haunt me
You lovingly haunt me
You oooo, you lovingly haunt me
Yooooooooouuu
video of song: https://www.facebook.com/ChristalCMoore/videos/3133007703423105/?extid=kUs9qoxM8yWof8eT
soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/user-170463102/dads-song
Well heck girl…I’m having some leaky eyes as I listen to your song. I feel this and the lyric “you lovingly haunt me” makes me think of my brother. It is such a blessing how music is a universal language. Thank you for song writing and sharing your gift! LYS
Thank you! Songwriting is new to me. Write what you know is what comes to me. Thanks for listening❤️
Girl I do the same as I write…it just flows if I let it 😉😊😋
I LOVE this song. I have loved it from the first moment I heard it.
Your heart is at the forefront, your love for this man is as deep as Palo Duro Canyon.
I love the imagery of this song, “Cigarette smoke seeping through the walls”, and when you sing about his “weathered skin”, and the “blistering sun” – those take us THERE to see him, even if we have never met him.
LOVE this, and YOU strong!
You would’ve loved my daddy. He was a character. Just trying to share And honor part of him with my small world. Thank you for being an encourager in my life❤️🎼
Beautiful…just beautiful. I could feel this like it were my own Dad, who passed in 2007. Beautiful memories memorialized into a song…bravo!
LYS ❤️
Thank you for listening/reading.❤️💪🏼🎼
I’m #teamlovethis . I’m gonna get Chase to help figure out how we can get the actual video up when you want it to. I’d love to have your videos here, and I love reading the lyrics as well – pure poetry and incredible imagery. Thanks for being here. Love you so strong. 💖
Thank you, ya wasn’t sure how to load video or SoundCloud link. I tried and it didn’t take it. LYS❤️
always think of you and your dad every time I get stopped at a train crossing.
Love this and love you!
Love you Honey Ply❤️
This is so beautiful, and I, too, would love to see your videos on here!
Thank you!
Oh wow! I love this, such a song of love and admiration. I can’t wait to hear the song. Looking forward to more of your artistry.
Here is link: https://soundcloud.com/user-170463102/dads-song
I can just hear you telling this story about your dad as your lead-in to this song! And I love reading the words – really ‘listening’ to them….imagining your fingerpicking in the background. It’s a great song and such a wonderful tribute to your dad!
Isn’t it funny the things that linger like this in our memories??
Weird what we latch on to for sure!