Father/Daughter Dance

My dad is full of surprises. When I told him that we would like him to pick the song for the father/daughter dance and wanted it to be a surprise, I figured within a few weeks I would know what it was. The shock was he didn't tell me...I started guessing. I thought of TONS of songs from My Girl to Isn't She Lovely (I even thought maybe he would pick Try A Little Tenderness: The Commitments Version). When we walked out on to the dance floor, Tom Nolan Band said to pay attention to the lyrics as a familiar tune started to play. Through the speakers, Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" filled the room, a song that often played as my dad drove me to school when I was little...a time that we got to spend together that was just us. But something was different...the lyrics had changed. My dad had re-written the words to the song so that they related to us. Enjoy!

Hey where did we go,

Days when the rains came

Down in SLEEPY hollow,

Playin' a new game,

Laughing and a running hey, hey

Skipping and a jumping

In the misty morning fog with

Our hearts a thumpin' and you

My GREEN eyed girl,

You my GREEN eyed girl.

Whatever happened

To THOSE DAYS , SO LONG AGO

RIDING IN MY BMW

With BONNIE ON THE radio

DRIVIN CROSS THE GOLDEN GATE,

HEADIN UP TO SAN RAFAEL,

PlAYING IN THAT CHRISTMAS SHOW

RINGING THAT SILLY BELL, with you

My GREEN eyed girl,

You my GREEN eyed girl.

Do you remember when we used to sing,

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

So hard to find my way,

Now that I'm on my own.

I sEE YOU EVERY other day,

My how you have grown,

Cast my memory back there, Lord

Sometime I'm overcome thinking 'bout

those baseball games at

CANDLESTICK stadium with you

My GREEN eyed girl

You my GREEN eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da.