I Brought My Father With Me Lyrics

Small Potatoes I Brought My Father With Me

I brought my father with me
I hope that you don't mind
I couldn't find it in me
To make him stay behind

Tonight the snow has fallen
The trees are white and old
Their heavy branches bending
Can we come in from the cold?

I brought my father with me
Though it's been many years
Since he'd go down to Dollen's
For a shot and a couple of beers

And when he'd take me with him
And he would buy me a coke
Oh, it surely made my day
Now I take my father with me
Turn about's fair play

Car trips to Pennsylvania
And all of us would sing
And he'd sing "Bells of St. Mary"
And he sounded just like Bing

Summer days down at the shore
Remembering how he
Would bless himself with foam before
He'd dive into the sea

There are some ways I am just like him
And there's some ways he was just like me
And sometimes when the mirror's dim
His face is clear to see

Tonight the winds of heaven
Blow the stars across the sky
I brought my father with me
I couldn't say goodbye

Tonight the winds of heaven
Blow the stars across the sky
I brought my father with me
I couldn't say goodbye