At the station they all called him Sgt. Bean    But at our house he was just plain dad to me    My mother’s biggest fan    A strong and steady man    And we got by on his philosophy    We’re not here for a long time    We gotta promise to have a good time    We’re not living forever    We gotta promise to stick together    40 years of service, he was tough    But we’d sing “wind beneath my wings”    and he’d tear up    I’ve got a million memories,    mum on the ukelaylee    And the perfect harmony, the 3 of us singing    We’re not here for a long time    We gotta promise to have a good time    We’re not living forever    We gotta promise to stick together    There’s days I can’t believe he’s really gone    When I run out of reasons to be strong    That’s when I swear I hear his voice in my ear    Saying “Lulu dry your tears, life goes on”    We’re not here for a long time    We gotta promise to have a good time    We’re not living forever    We gotta promise to stick together    We’ll always be together