Hang Out With Grandpaw

The lord took him

Before we met

All those days and nights

That we never spent



Sometimes I go back

Think how it would have been

Had I gotten

To meet him



The only way

I've seen his face

Is in a picture

In a dusty old frame

Never saw him smile

Never saw him laugh

Man, I wish I could have had

Just one day to sit and talk

With the man, I know little about

Man, what I'd give

Just to hang out with Grandpaw



I know his halo

Was an old ball cap

I know his grandkids

Loved to sit on his lap

And watch cartoons

On Sundays before church



I know he worked a farm

For over thirty years

But I wouldn’t know his voice

If I were to hear him say

Hey buddy

How are you doing thesе days

Man, it sure is a shame



That the only way

I'vе seen his face

Is in a picture

In a dusty old frame

Never saw him smile

Never saw him laugh

Man, I wish I could have had

Just one day to sit and talk

With the man, I know little about

Man, what I'd give

Just to hang out with Grandpaw



But he’s up there in those clouds right now

Looking down saying



That the only way

He’s seen my face

Is in a picture

In a dusty old frame

He’s never seen me smile

He’s never seen me laugh

Man, I wish I could have had

Just one day to sit and talk

With the boy, I know little about

Man, what I'd give

Just to hang out with my grandson

But I'll just wait

‘til the day he comes home

So, he can hang out with grandpaw