Work Boots and Grace

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You taught me how to shake a hand Look a man right in the eye How to stand my ground in a hard rain And still let kindness ride Your work boots on the back porch Your name on every fence I saw what strength looks like In the way you made things make sense [Pre-Chorus] And I still hear your laughter In the middle of my day When the road gets rough and long I hear the things you’d say [Chorus] I am the man because of you Built from the good you gave Every scar, every prayer Every line your hands have made Happy Father’s Day Happy Father’s Day I’m your son, and I’m proud to say I am the man because of you [Verse 2] You showed me how to fix things And how to face the truth How to love without a spotlight How to carry what you do You never asked for glory You just showed up, plain and true So when I look in the mirror I see a little more of you [Pre-Chorus] And if I ever fall down I know where to start again I learned that from your footsteps I learned that from your hands [Chorus] I am the man because of you Built from the good you gave Every scar, every prayer Every line your hands have made Happy Father’s Day Happy Father’s Day I’m your son, and I’m proud to say I am the man because of you [Bridge] One day I’ll be telling The stories that you lived About the way you kept on giving About the way you forgave And if I can be half the father You were every single day That’ll be the finest kind of thank you I could ever make [Chorus] I am the man because of you Built from the good you gave Every scar, every prayer Every line your hands have made Happy Father’s Day Happy Father’s Day I’m your son, and I’m proud to say I am the man because of you [Outro] Happy Father’s Day I am the man because of you