It won't make the papers
   Like some reunions do
   There won't be many people
   Just me and him and you
   I made a childhood promise
   You laughed and dried your tears
   I swore that I'd bring Daddy home
   Tomorrow he'll be here
  
   I tracked him down in Denver
   Where he'd lived all alone
   He was just another drifte r
   With a number on his stone
   In his things I found a picture
   Where his hands had worn it thin
   A smiling bride was by his side
   Now you'll be this way again
  
   We'll have that family reunion
   The one you dreamed of
   Until the day you died
   This time Mama he's gonna stay
   Forever by your side
  
   I never really knew him
   I was no more than a kid
   He must have been worth something
   If someone loved him like you did
   It was hard without a
   man there
   You did his part too
   I watched your dreams fade
   Through the years
   But Mama--this one
   Is coming true
  
   We'll have that family reunion
   The one you dreamed of
   Until the day you died
   This time Mama he's gonna stay
   Forever by your side