Every Good Thing Came From You

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's a quiet kind of hero In a worn-out pair of boots With calloused hands and steady eyes And country down to roots He came up from nothing But he gave his children all A daddy who would catch us Every time we'd start to fall [Chorus] Oh, what a love, what a life he's lived What a steady heart, what a soul to give From a poor boy's dream to a man so true Daddy, every good thing came from you With every nail and every prayer You built a home, you showed us care Thank you for the love we always knew [Verse 2] Since 1963 he's loved her Since they both were just fourteen Still best friends, still side by side The sweetest love I've seen The way he looks at Mama Like she hung the moon and stars That kind of pure devotion Is the truest thing there is [Chorus] Oh, what a love, what a life he's lived What a steady heart, what a soul to give From a poor boy's dream to a man so true Daddy, every good thing came from you With every nail and every prayer You built a home, you showed us care Thank you for the love we always knew [Bridge] William Nichols, my daddy, my rock The hardest worker on the block You built those houses, beam by beam But the home you gave us was the dream [Verse 3] So here's to you, William Nichols For the strength you've always shown For the gentle, loving spirit That has carried us back home I'll thank God every Father's Day That He gave me you to know A daughter couldn't ask for more Than the daddy in my soul [Chorus] Oh, what a love, what a life you've lived What a steady heart, what a soul to give From a poor boy's dream to a man so true Daddy, every good thing came from you [Outro] With every nail and every prayer You built a home, you showed us care Daddy, I will always love you