I Know Who He Is
A Tribute to Unspoken Bonds: My Dad, My Hero
Lyrics
Please Doc put away your chart
Asking the doctor to stop using medical charts
You can save your heart to heart
Request to avoid emotional conversations
I've got some memories and a deck of cards
Owns memories and a deck of cards
That could use some shuffling through
Metaphor for needing to rearrange or reconsider things
Looks like hes still wide awake
Someone is still awake and alert
Looks like he still wont take
Resistance to taking prescribed pills
Those pills you put there yesterday
Referring to previously prescribed medication
Huh, Just stubborn as a mule
Describing someone's stubbornness
I don't want to hear "He's going downhill"
Rejecting negative prognosis
What about "Thank god he's around still"?
Expressing gratitude for the person's presence
Looking right through me is not at all the way I see him
Disagreement with an outsider's perception
I don't mind at all remembering for him
Willingness to remember on behalf of the person
He doesn't have to get why I adore him
Expressing love and admiration without needing reciprocation
He don't have to know me I know who he is
Self-awareness of one's own knowledge about the person
My Dad, my coach, my friend
Enumerating roles: Dad, coach, friend
The voice behind "Boy where the hell you been"
Recalling the person's voice and question
The lover of my mamma through thick and thin
Acknowledging the person's commitment to family
The best man I've ever known
Declaring the person as the best known
All time quarterback when us kids were in a bind
Highlighting the person's supportive role in tough situations
Cheek full of Red Man in a duck blind
Describing a specific memory of the person
And no offense Doc
Acknowledging the doctor's role but requesting privacy
But if you don't mind I'd like some time alone
Desire for alone time
I don't want to hear "He's going downhill"
Reiteration of rejection of negative prognosis
What about "Thank god he's around still"?
Reiteration of gratitude for the person's presence
Looking right through me is not at all the way I see him
Reiteration of disagreement with outsider's perception
I don't mind at all remembering for him
Reiteration of willingness to remember on behalf of the person
He doesn't have to get why I adore him
Reiteration of expressing love without expectation
He don't have to know me I know who he is
Reiteration of self-awareness of one's knowledge about the person
Full of pride, baby boy on his knee there
Description of a specific memory with the person
Full of life with a beer and a beach chair
Portrayal of the person's vibrant life
Ah, he's a fixture In my head full of pictures
Highlighting the person's significant presence in memories
I don't mind at all remembering for him
Reiteration of willingness to remember on behalf of the person
He doesn't have to get why I adore him
Reiteration of expressing love without expectation
He don't have to know me I know who he is
Reiteration of self-awareness of one's knowledge about the person
Oh, I know who he is
Confident declaration of knowing who the person is
Yeah, I love who he is
Expressing love for the person's identity
Yeah, I love, I love, I love who he is
Repetition of love for the person's identity
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