The Only Way He Knew How

Jeff & Sheri Easter

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Verse For the longest time I guess I thought He didn't understand Hard to read and hard to please Yeah that's my old man On the day that I left home It was nothing new We never have that heart to heart He had too much to do Chorus He checked the air in my tires The belts and all the sparkled wires Said son when's the last time You had this all change And this apple out the drive He said be sure and call your mom sometime I didn't hear it then but I hear it now He was sayin' and I love you The only way he knew how Verse A hundred-twenty thousand miles And six years down the road A brand new life A brand new wife We had just bought our first home When he finally came to visit I thought he'd be so proud He never said he liked the place He just got this toolbelt out Verse I put new locks on the doors Went back and forth to the hardware stores Said come and hold this flashlight As he crawled beneath the sink These old wires ain't up to code And that circuit box is gonna overload I didn't hear it then but I hear it now He was sayin' I love you The only way he knew how Verse Last Sunday we all gathered for his sixty-fifth birthday I knew he'd stiffen up but I hugged him anyway When it was finally time to said goodbye I knew what was next Just like we always does Right before we left Chorus He checked the air in my tires The belts and all the sparkled wires Said son when's the last time You had this oil changed And as we pulled out the drive He said be sure and call your mom sometime I wish I knew back then what I know now He was sayin' I love you He was sayin' I love you The only way he knew how

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