I Picked You Up And Carried You

                                                            I PICKED YOU UP AND CARRIED YOU

From the moment you were born

Even though I had no clue

I picked you up and carried you 

That's what fathers do

Through tired legs when you were small

You said you could walk no more

I picked you up and carried you

Removed you from the floor

Scraped knees and wounds from all of life's mishaps

Putting dressings on your cuts

I picked you up and carried you

Without no ifs or buts

When you were down and so low

Left with a broken heart

I picked you up and carried you

Like I had right from the start

On the happiest day in your life

When he left you in the lurch

I picked you up and carried you

Weeping in the church

Unexpected trip to hospitial

When the baby wasn't there

I picked you up and carried you

Life it really wasn't fair

The day the doctors found a lump

And promised to do their best

I picked you up and carried you

With that cancer in your chest

As you grew weak and very sick

I was strong for my little girl

I picked you up and carried you

Though my head was in a whirl

Now wooden box upon my shoulder

No more pain and no more strife

I'll pick you up and carry you

For the last time in my life