Color Him Father

There's a man at my house, he's so big and strong
 He goes to work each day, and he stays all day long
 He comes home each night looking tired and beat
 He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat
 Never a frown always a smile
 When he says to me how's my child
 I said that I've been studying hard all day in school
 Tryin' very hard to understand the golden rule
 I think I'll color this man father
 I think I'll color him love
 Said I'm gonna color him father
 I think I'll color the man love, yes I will
 He says education is the thing if you want to compete
 Because without it son, life ain't very sweet
 I love this man and I don't know why
 Except I'll need his strength until the day that I die
 My mother loves him and I can tell
 By the way she looks at him when he holds my little sister Nell
 I heard her say just the other day
 That if it hadn't of been for him she couldn't have found her way
 I think I'll color him father
 I'm gonna color him love
 I've got to color him father
 I think I'll color this man love
 Our real old man he got killed in the war
 And she knows she and seven kids couldn't of gotten very far
 She said she thought that she could never love again
 And then there he stood with that big wide grin
 He married my mother and he took us in
 And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin
 I've got to color this man father
 I'm gonna color him love
 I've got to color him father
 I believe I'll color this man love
 He's just been so good to me
 I know I've got to color him love
 I'm gonna color him father
 I've got to color this man love
 He's just been so kind
 I think I'll color him love
 I'm gonna color him father