The Best Day

i'm five years old

it's getting cold

i've got a big coat on

i hear your laugh

and look up smiling at you

and run and run

at the pumpkin patch

the tractor rolls on

the sky is gold

i hug your legs and fall asleep

the whole way home

i don't know why all the trees change in the fall

i know that you're not scared of anything at all

don't know if snow white's house is near or far away

but i know that i had the best day

with you today

i'm thirteen now

and don't know how my friends

could be so mean

i come crying

you hold me tight

and grab the keys

and you drive and drive

until we've found a town

far enough away

and we talk and window-shop

until i've forgotten all their names

i don't know who i'm gonna talk to

now at school

i know i'm laughing on the car ride home with you

don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay

but i know i had the best day

with you today

i have an excellent father

his strength is making me stronger

god smiles on my little brother

inside and out

he's better than nothing

i grew up in a pretty house

and i had space to run

and i had the best days with you

there is a video

i found from back when i was three

you set up a paint set in the kitchen

and you're talking to me

it's the edge of princesses and pirate ships

and the seven dwarves

daddy's smart

and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

now i know why all the trees change in the fall

and you were on my side

even when i was wrong

and i love you for giving me your eyes

staying back and watching me shine

and i didn't know if you knew

so i'm taking this chance to say

that i had the best day

with you today