Daddy's Christmas Eve

Staring at the Christmas tree
I guess I couldn't sleep
The pretty lights hypnotize me and
I begin to think
Seems like only yesterday that I
Was just a boy
Dreaming of a reindeer sleigh and
Santa's bag of toys

A lot of years have slipped on by
A lot of things have changed
But the magic of this special
Night somehow remains the same
I'm so thankful for my little ones: Oh
How I love them so
I know, God, how you must have felt
On that Christmas long ago

You must have cried a million tears
On that first Christmas Eve
You knew your one and only Son
Would someday die for me

Staring out my window
I can see the Christmas star
It seems a little brighter now
Than it had been before
Help me be the kind of Dad
That you would have me be
I guess I'll go on up
To bed, thank you, Lord, for Christmas Eve

I guess I'll go on up
To bed, thank you, Lord, for Christmas Eve