Текст песни My Dad - Ray Stevens

My Dad

My Dad, never climbed Mount Everest\nNever wrote a novel, never won a Pulitzer Prize\nMy Dad, never planned a freeway,\nNever made a million, like some other guys.\nHe hasn’t any trophies, he never made Who’s Who,\nBut if you need his help there’s not a thing he wouldn’t do.\nHe doesn’t play piano, or violin you know,\nOh, but he can play a radio as good as any bro…\nMy Dad could beat up your Dad, but he wouldn’t.\nYes, my Dad could beat up your Dad, but he wouldn’t even try.\nHe’s got the greatest laugh, he’s not afraid to cry,\nI really can’t imagine that he ever told a lie.\nHe forgets so fast when you do something you shouldn’t.\nMy Dad could beat up your dad, but he wouldn’t.\nMy Dad, never ran for office, never found a cure for some rare disease.\nMy Dad, never swam the channel, never did learn how to speak Chinese.\nHe never once played Hamlet, or had a Friar’s Roast,\nand whenever he cooks breakfast, well, he always burns the toast.\nHe’s never been to Europe or seen the pyramids.\nHis favorite pastime is just bragging about his kids.\nOh, my Dad could beat up your Dad, but he wouldn’t.\nYes my Dad could beat up your Dad, but he wouldn’t even try.\nHis life may be simple, but it’s far from hum-drum.\nFor an ordinary man, he’s extraordinary as they come.\nI once tried to describe him, but I couldn’t.\nMy Dad could beat up your Dad, but he wouldn’t.\nOh, my Dad could beat up your Dad, but he wouldn’t even try.\nI remember long ago, and it makes me awfully glad,\nI looked down from heaven and said, «I want that guy to be my Dad.»