A Book Falling Apart (Dad's Old Book) by Mike Upright

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A Book Falling Apart (Dad's Old Book)
by Mike Upright

Album: Hey Storyteller

We came from daddy's grave side
Going through his things
Brother said "I'd like dads fishing pole"
Momma said "I'll keep the ring"
As we viewed his few possessions
I never will wont forget the look
When the youngest of the children cried
"I'll take dads old book"

My dad was held together by a book falling apart
You could trace the tear stained pages
Where he prayed when times were dark
Found notes wrote in the cover
Only dad would have used red
The blood taught in this tattered book
Is the reason I'm not dead
The blood taught in this tattered book
Is why I live instead

As we gathered round dads bible
Looking through the notes
We could count the times God met with dad
By the things that we found wrote
But the one that really blessed us most
When we finally reached the page
Dad saved his reddest pin to write
Our names when we got saved

My dad was held together by a book falling apart
You could trace the tear stained pages
Where he prayed when times were dark
Found notes wrote in the cover
Only dad would have used red
The blood taught in this tattered book
Is the reason I'm not dead
The blood taught in this tattered book
Is why I live instead