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I Wish You Could've Met Him
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Original Country
Hello Im Thomas Flanery Singer/Songwriter. I'm a BMI songwriter and a member of the North Texas Songwriters Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association. Thanks for viewing my page and give the tunes a listen, you won't regret it.
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Genre
Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #138
Peak in subgenre #44
Author
Thomas Flanery
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(c)2003 Thomas Flanery
Uploaded
February 16, 2004
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MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This song is about a father, son and grandfather. Sometimes life is just not fair and grandkids do not get the chance to meet their grandparents. We all wish our kids could meet our parents at one time or another. This song is dedicated to my father.
Lyrics
I Wish You Could’ve Met Him Written by: Thomas Flanery ©2003 Thomas Flanery (Verse 1) We were cleaning out an old cedar chest When my boy began to smile In his hand he held a photograph I hadn’t seen in quiet a while He said Dad how can this be This looks like you and looks just like me I just smiled and said let me see (Verse 2) I explained to him that was long ago I guess about when I was six years old The boy that looked like him, well that was me And that’s the same old tire swing at mamma’s creek And that man there with the smile sitting in the shade That’s a man I respect until this day (Chorus) I wish you could’ve met him The man that looks like me I wish you could’ve met him You’re someone he would be proud to see I reached down and took him by the hand Said that’s a picture of me and my old man But now he’s gone and he lives up in Heaven Son I wish you could’ve met him (Verse 3) Now many years have passed, my son is grown Moved off to town, started a family of his own I still look at that picture now and then Still think about, what might have been And every night as I kneel and pray I ask the lord above for just one more day So he’ll never ever have to say (Chorus) I wish you could’ve met him The man that looks like me I wish you could’ve met him You’re someone he would be proud to see I reached down and took him by the hand Said that’s a picture of me and my old man But now he’s gone and he lives up in Heaven Son I wish you could’ve met him
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