DADDY ALWAYS SAID
HE'D COME BACK
WHEN THE FIRST SNOW
CAME
BRINGING TREATS
LIKE SANTA CLAUS
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
MAMA ALWAYS SAID SON
DON'T YOU GET
YOUR HOPES TOO HIGH
YOUR DADDY
HE'S A DREAMER
REACHING FOR THE SKY
STILL I WAITED BY
THE WINDOW
AT CHRISTMAS TIME
AND I SAT OUT ON
THE FRONT STEPS
AS EASTER ROLLED BY
THEN WE MOVED
TO ARIZONA
AROUND THE FOURTH
OF JULY
BUT DADDY NEVER CAME
I WAITED JUST THE SAME
AND THEY SAY
IT NEVER SNOWS
IN ARIZONA
BUT I NEVER STOPPED
BELIEVING
THAT IT WOULD
AND BEFORE
I'D GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
I'D LOOK UP
AT THAT DESERT SKY
CLOSE MY EYES
THE SAME OL' PRAYER
AGAIN
I'D WAKE UP AND SEE
THE SNOWFALL
ON THE SAND
PART OF GROWING UP
FOR ME
WAS LEARNING
WAY TOO SOON
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN FANTASY
AND COLD HARD TRUTH
MAMA LIKED TO SAY
ACCEPT THOSE THINGS
YOU CANNOT CHANGE
SHE WAS SCARED
I'D BE LIKE DAD
AND DREAM MY LIFE AWAY
BUT IN A CORNER
OF MY MIND
I KEPT A PLACE FOR HIM
'CAUSE A PROMISE
LASTS FOREVER
WHEN YOU'RE JUST A KID
YEAH HE TOLD ME
IN A SEASON
HE'D BE BACK AGAIN
BUT DADDY NEVER CAME
I WAITED JUST THE SAME
AND THEY SAY IT NEVER
SNOWS IN ARIZONA
BUT I NEVER STOPPED
BELIEVIN'
THAT IT WOULD
AND BEFORE I'D GO
TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
I'D LOOK UP AT
THAT DESERT SKY
AND CLOSE MY EYES
THE SAME OL' PRAYER
AGAIN
I'D WAKE UP
AND SEE THE SNOWFALL
ON THE SAND
LAST NIGHT
MY FATHER'S SISTER
CALLED ME
ON THE PHONE
SAID TODAY
YOUR FATHER
PASSED AWAY
I THOUGHT THAT
YOU SHOULD KNOW
YOU WERE THE ONE
THAT HE THOUGHT OF
AS HE LEFT
THIS WORLD BEHIND
HE SAID TELL MY BOY
I'M GONNA FIND A WAY
TO COME AND SAY
GOODBYE
AND THEY SAY
IT NEVER SNOWS
IN ARIZONA
BUT I'M LOOKING OUT
MY WINDOW
AND IT IS
AND I SWEAR
I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES
TO SEE THE DESERT
PAINTED WHITE
AND FOR A MOMENT
WE'RE TOGETHER
ONCE AGAIN
AS I SEE THE SNOWFALL
ON THE SAND