I Get To

They used to make me go to church

Clip-on tie, starchy shirt

I never heard the preacher's words

All slouched down in that pew

These days going to church is something

I don't have to do, I get to

I used to have to hang with dad

Wash the car and cut the grass

It took all day and I hated that

'Til his heart attack last June

These days helping dad is something

I don't have to do, I get to

I get to wake up early

And I get to go to work

I get to make an honest living

Put my hands down in the dirt

And I get to hear grandma complain

About all her little aches and pains

I get to rock my baby girl to sleep

Spend my weekends coaching Little League

There's a lot of things that

I don't have to do, I get to

I used to have to say those words

You always seemed to say 'em first

And I dreamed one night you left this earth

And I woke up and reached for you

Now I realize I don't have to say I love you

I get to, I get to

I get to wake up early

And I get to go to work

I get to make an honest living

Put my hands down in the dirt

And I get to hear grandma complain

About all her little aches and pains

I get to rock my baby girl to sleep

Spend my weekends coaching Little League

There's a lot of things that I don't have to do

Yeah, there's a lot of things that I don't have to do

I get to