Family Reunion
Rekindling Love: A Father's Promise Fulfilled
Lyrics
It won't make the papers
Anticipating an event not widely acknowledged
Like some reunions do
Unlike typical reunions covered in the media
There won't be many people
Expecting a small gathering
Just me and him and you
The speaker, the father, and the listener
I made a childhood promise
A commitment from the speaker's childhood
You laughed and dried your tears
The listener's emotional response
I swore that I'd bring Daddy home
Pledge to bring the father back
Tomorrow he'll be here
The father's imminent return
I tracked him down in Denver
Locating the father in Denver
Where he'd lived all alone
Father's solitary life in Denver
He was just another drifter
Describing the father as a wanderer
With a number on his stone
Grave marker with a number
In his things I found a picture
Discovery of a photograph
Where his hands had worn it thin
Signs of wear on the photograph
A smiling bride was by his side
Happy times with a bride
Now you'll be this way again
Hope for a similar future
We'll have that family reunion
Expectation of a family reunion
The one you dreamed of
A dream held by the listener
Until the day you died
Continuing until death
This time Mama he's gonna stay
Assurance of the father's permanence
Forever by your side
Close companionship with the mother
I never really knew him
Limited knowledge about the father
I was no more than a kid
Speaker's young age during absence
He must have been worth something
Recognition of the father's value
If someone loved him like you did
Someone cherishing the father
It was hard without a
Struggling without a paternal figure
Man there
Recognition of the mother's role
You did his part too
Acknowledgment of the mother's efforts
I watched your dreams fade
Observing dreams fading over time
Through the years
Mother's dreams persisting
But Mama--this one
Mother's dreams coming true
Is coming true
Confirmation of the father's return
We'll have that family reunion
Reiteration of the anticipated reunion
The one you dreamed of
Reinforcing the dream's persistence
Until the day you died
Expectancy until the listener's death
This time Mama he's gonna stay
Assurance of the father's lasting presence
Forever by your side
Permanence by the mother's side
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