Huntin With Dad
HUNTIN WITH DAD
I WOULD GO HUNTING WITH MY DAD BACK WHEN I WAS A KID
SIT BESIDE HIM AND POINT OUT THE DEER IS WHAT I DID
WHEN SOMETHING WOULD COME OUT I TAPPED HIM TO LET HIM KNOW
HE WOULD LOOK AT ME AND WINK AND A SMILE HE WOULD SHOW
WHEN I GREW A BIT, HE BOUGHT ME A GUN
HE GAVE IT TO ME WITH A SMILE BUT SAID BE CAREFUL SON
WE HUNTED TOGETHER FOR SQUIRRELS AND DEER
FOR BY MY HEROS SIDE IS WHERE I LIKED TO BE NEAR
I WAS BY HIS SIDE WHEN HE SHOT A BIG BUCK
TO BE WITH HIM AND HELP WAS THE BEST OF LUCK
WE WOULD CAMP TOGETHER AND HUNT AT FIRST LIGHT
I WOULD TRY TO OUT HUNT HIM WITH ALL MY MIGHT
HE WOULD LAUGH WHEN I MISSED AND TELL ME WHAT I DID WRONG
TAKE A DEEP BREATH, LET HALF OF IT OUT AND HOLD BUT NOT TOO LONG
SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER LET THE GUN GOING OFF BE A SURPRISE
KEEP YOUR SITES LINED UP AND DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES
NOW IVE GROWN OLDER WITH CHILDREN OF MY OWN
THESE LESSONS I WAS TAUGHT I HAVE NOW PASSED ON
WHILE HUNTING WITH DAD HE TAUGHT ME THE BEST LESSON IN LIFE
THAT’S TO ALWAYS SPEND TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND WIFE
I SURE MISS THE DAYS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE LAD
BUT MY BEST MEMORIES IN LIFE ARE THE DAYS “HUNTIN WITH DAD”
Dedicated to my Dad Bill Melton
By Gordon Melton
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