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Dance With My Father Tab

by Luther Vandross


                 
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 till 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 my mother to dance with my father again

         

                          
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 mama 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 my mother to dance with my father
 
again


                      
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
                    
And I'd hear my mama cryin' for him
                   
I pray for her even more than me
                   
I pray for her even more than me

                      
I know I'm prayin' for much too much
                      
But could You send back the only man she loved
                     
I know You don't do it usually
                                              
But Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my father again

         

      
Every night I fall asleep
                      
And this is all I ever dream
      
Every night I fall asleep
                      
And this is all I ever dream