Playin for Keeps

They sat across each another
Yet close enough to speak
Each looking at the other
Knowing this one could go deep
He'd been waiting for this moment
Now he was meeting with the man
He said Sir I love your daughter
And I'm asking for her hand

Said I don't have much to offer
I guess you've sized me up by now
I'm a man of true intention
And aim to win your trust somehow
The old one sipped his coffee
Looked at the young one for a while
And in his eyes there came a softness
And on his lips there came a smile

He said I understand your feeling
It was thirty years ago
I asked that very question
Of a man I did not know
What he said to me I say to you
It was short and it was sweet
Love's the only game in which
You're playing for keeps

There came a silence to the table
It took a moment to digest
Two men looking at each other
The weight of truth now off their chests
He said Sir I'm only human
Like you I'm made of sweat and blood
As I work to make a living
So I believe love

And on days when there is darkness
I'll keep searching for the light
In times we have to struggle
That I won't give up the fight
You will never need to wonder
Because with every breath I breathe
I'll be surrounding her with love
She'll know I'm playing for keeps

He said I understand your feeling
I felt it thirty years ago
I asked that very question
And her daddy let me know
If you're playing with my baby's heart
You're heading down a one way street
Be sure to love her every moment
Because you're playing for keeps

He said I understand your feeling
I felt it thirty years ago
I asked that very question
And her daddy let me know
If you're playing with my baby's heart
You're heading down a one way street
Be sure to love her every moment
Because you're playing for keeps
You better love her every moment
Because you're playing for keeps
Be sure to love her every moment boy
Because you're playing for keeps