MUSIC FOR SALE

I still hear you laugh
Verse 1
You were running through the hallway barefoot
Hair all wild, didn’t care at all
“Daddy, come and catch me!”
Echo bouncing off the walls

Sticky hands and bedtime stories
Same old book, same old song
You thought I knew the answers
Back when nights felt long

Pre-Chorus
Now the house is way too quiet
Even when you’re here

Chorus
And I still hear you laugh in the silence
Like it’s calling from somewhere back in time
I still hear you calling me “Daddy”
In a voice that used to be mine

Now you’re out there chasing your own life
Places I can’t follow anymore
But every step you take away from me
Makes me proud of you even more

Verse 2
Now you walk out with your own plans
Friends I don’t really know
Got your headphones, got your freedom
Got a world that’s yours to go

You don’t shout my name like you used to
Don’t come running through that door
Still I catch myself just listening
For your feet across the floor

Pre-Chorus
And I know this is how it goes
Still it hits me slow

Chorus
Yeah I still hear you laugh in the silence
Like it’s calling from somewhere back in time
I still hear you calling me “Daddy”
In a voice that used to be mine

Now you’re out there chasing your own life
Places I can’t follow anymore
But every step you take away from me
Makes me proud of you even more

Bridge
If I could hold one single moment
I wouldn’t try to make it stay
I’d just stand there in that doorway
Watching you drift away

Half your hand still reaching for me
Half already letting go
That’s the place I keep forever
Even if you’ll never know

Final Chorus
And I still hear you laugh in the silence
Even when you’re gone
I still hear you calling me “Daddy”
Like those days are holding on

You’re out there living your own story
And I wouldn’t change a thing
’Cause every mile that takes you from me
Is the life I tried to give

Outro
And sometimes late at night I swear
I hear you down the hall…
Running back to find me
Like you never grew at all