That’s What Grandpas Do

That’s What Grandpas Do
by Si Kahn & Tom Chapin
© Joe Hill Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

The wind is in the trees on this January morn
There's music in the breeze
For you are almost born
Your Grandpa is waiting for you to appear
He's walking through the snow
On the first day of the year
He will rock you in his dreams
He will dream you in his sleep
He's made himself a promise
He promises to keep
Your mother is his daughter,
He will do his best for you
That's what grandpas do

There's icing on the sidewalk
It cracks beneath his feet
A second daughter's labor
Sends him walking down the street
This time he's waiting for February's child
The wind turns the corner
Looks at him and smiles
He will rock you both in dreams
He will dream you in his sleep
He's made himself a promise
He promises to keep
Your mothers are his daughters
He will do his best for you
That's what grandpas do

Another season turning
It's good to be alive
He's wondering how he got to be
Grandfather to five
Four times a father,
Three daughters and a son
The winter ice is melting
A new spring has begun
He will rock you in his dreams
He will dream you in his sleep
He's made himself a promise
He promises to keep
You've opened up his heart
To voices young and new
That's what grandchildren do for you
That's what grandchildren do

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Threads CD.

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