Topic: "The Man Everybody Knew as Pete"
I couldn't fall asleep last night and got to thinking about my father. One thing led to another and I ended up writing this.
The Man Everybody Knew as PeteBy Jeff Gilpin
September 8th, 2009
[D]I first [A]knew you as my [D]father [A]
[D]I never [A]heard an angry [G]word
Always [A]seemed so under[D]standing[G]
[D]Never [A]seemed to get [D]disturbed [A]
[D]Hard to re[A]member way back [D]then [A]
[D]We moved to this [A]little country [G]town
On the top of this [A]hill off a [D]dirt road [G]
[D]Didn’t [A]see you much a[D]round [A]
[G]I still [A]talk with you to[D]day
[G]Your answers [A]come into my [D]mind
[G]I go over [A]all of what I’m [D]feeling [G]
And [D]hear you say [A]it’ll all be [D]fine [A]
[D]On that land [A]we grew to[D]bacco [A]
[D]But other farmers [A]came and did the [G]chore
You were off [A]writing for the [D]paper [G]
[D]Wish I’d [A]got to see you [D]more [A]
[D]At Christmas [A]time we sold [D]trees [A]
[D]I remember you [A]singing O Tannen[G]baum
People came from [A]all around to [D]buy them [G]
[D]We’d dig it up and [A]let them take it [D]home [A]
[G]I still [A]talk with you to[D]day
[G]Your answers [A]come into my [D]mind
[G]I go over [A]all of what I’m [D]feeling [G]
And [D]hear you say [A]it’ll all be [D]fine [A]
[D]When I was still [A]young when we moved to the [D]city [A]
[D]You got a [A]job at the universi[G]ty
A bigger [A]house and not as [D]far to drive [G]
[D]But less time [A]with your fami[D]ly [A]
[D]That was when it [A]seemed my life [D]sped up [A]
[D]Quickly grew from a [A]child to a [G]teen
I remember some[A]times we’d go play [D]tennis [G]
[D]On occasions [A]that you could break [D]free [A]
[G]I still [A]talk with you to[D]day
[G]Your answers [A]come into my [D]mind
[G]I go over [A]all of what I’m [D]feeling [G]
And [D]hear you say [A]it’ll all be [D]fine [A]
[D]Never were [A]handy with the [D]tool box [A]
[D]Never saw you [A]working on the [G]car
But oh [A]how you could turn a [D]phrase [G]
[D]I always [A]thought it’d take you [D]far [A]
[D]Around the [A]time I was to [D]leave home [A]
[D]Home sudden[A]ly was not a[G]round
You got a [A]job up in [D]DC [G]
[D]Mom went [A]back to Houston [D]town [A]
[G]I still [A]talk with you to[D]day
[G]Your answers [A]come into my [D]mind
[G]I go over [A]all of what I’m [D]feeling [G]
And [D]hear you say [A]it’ll all be [D]fine [A]
[D] [A]The last time I [D]saw you [A]
[D]You were sick [A]half out of your [G]brain
Looked into my [A]eyes called me [D]David [G]
[D]I smiled said [A]David’s not my [D]name [A]
[D]You said I [A]looked kind of fa[D]miliar [A]
[D]I asked a [A]little like your [G]son
You said [A]kind of but not e[D]xactly[G]
[D]Was it the drugs or [A]were you having [D]fun [A]
[G]I still [A]talk with you to[D]day
[G]Your answers [A]come into my [D]mind
[G]I go over [A]all of what I’m [D]feeling [G]
And [D]hear you say [A]it’ll all be [D]fine [A]
[D]You passed a[A]way not long [D]after [A]
[D]You went while [A]you were in your[G]sleep
I’d just [A]left [D]a week or so [G]before
The [D]man every[A]body knew as [D]Pete [A]
[D]Every now and [A]then I [D]catch myself [A]
[D]I want to [A]call you or just to say [G]hello
Then I re[A]member with a [D]tired smile[G]
[D]You’re with me [A]wherever I [D]go [A]
[G]I still [A]talk with you to[D]day
[G]Your answers [A]come into my [D]mind
[G]I go over [A]all of what I’m [D]feeling [G]
And [D]hear you say [A]it’ll all be [G]fine [D]
© Jeff Gilpin 2009
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
