by Cara Smithers

Created on: February 14, 2009

I Want to Ride

Daddy held my left hand on that bright summer day

Ferris wheel up ahead, candle apple in my right

As that wheel spun around I saw a blue-eyed boy

Staring down at me from the heavens, I blushed and ran

I want to ride, Daddy, on that big round wheel

I want to feel the sun on my face and the wind in my hair

I want to meet that boy I saw up in the air

Tell me his name daddy, I have an apple he can share

Tommy was a poor boy, grew up on the wrong side

I loved his crooked smile and that motorcycle he let me ride

Momma died when I was young, daddy let me ride with him

All the way to Jersey Shore and all the way back again

I said: I want to ride Daddy, on that big round wheel

I want to feel the sun on my face and the wind in my hair

I want to meet that boy I saw in the air

Tell me I can go daddy, we have so much to share

Destiny pushed me down an aisle faster than I could smile:

On the East End Ferry

Daddy held my left hand on that bright sunny day

With a tear in his eye, he said your momma's real proud today

I said: I want to ride Daddy, on that big round wheel

I want to feel the sun on my face and the wind in my hair

I want to meet that boy up there, in the air

Tell me I can go daddy, we have so much to share

He said Go Darling, to the end of the aisle

Every day you've been with him, was a day that you smiled

Share that world with that boy up there

I love you darling, you two have so much to share

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