Back when I was a child   Before life removed all the innocence   My father would lift me high   And dance with my mother and me and then   Spin me around til' I fell asleep   Then up the stairs he would carry me   And I knew for sure I was loved      If I could get another chance   Another walk, another dance with him   I'd play a song that would never ever end   How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again, ooh      When I and my mother would disagree   To get my way I would run from her to him   He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah yeah   Then finally make me do just what my momma said   Later that night when I was asleep   He left a dollar under my sheet   Never dreamed that he would be gone from me      If I could steal one final glance, one final step   One final dance with him   I'd play a song that would never ever end   'Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again      Sometimes I'd listen outside her door   And I'd hear how my mother cried for him   I pray for her even more than me   I pray for her even more than me      I know I'm praying for much too much   But could you send back the only man she loved?   I know you don't do it usually   But dear Lord she's dying to dance with my father again      Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream