[Verse 1]
I can still recall the morning
That we first brought you home
It was a day filled with joy
Nothing like we’d ever known
My mind raced with questions
Of how the future would be
Right then and there I knew
We shaped a brand new destiny

[Verse 2]
The weeks that came soon after
Found me fumbling through my chores
Seeds of doubt began to grow
On being the dad that he deserved
In my mind there lived a bully
Trying his best to shut me down
Words of worthlessness
and scared to death
In my heart my son I found

[Chorus]
Because he don’t call me names
He just calls me dad
I’m nervous, and afraid
And I’m in way over my head,
But I just smile and I just laugh
In hopes that he don’t ask

But he just calls me dad

[Verse 3]
I often marvel at the stress
A little boy can make
He’s only half my height
And just a fraction of my age
All the doubts and all the fears
Of my insecurities
If he only knew that underneath it all
I’m trembling’ like a leaf

[Chorus]
But he don’t call me names
He just calls me dad
I’m nervous, and afraid
And I’m in way over my head,
But I just smile and I just laugh
In hopes that he don’t ask

But he just calls me dad

Yeah I love that little boy when I hear him call me ‘dad’