There's a man at my house, he's so big and strong

He goes to work each day, and he stays all day long

He comes home each night looking tired and beat

He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat

Never a frown, always a smile

When he says to me: "How's my child?"

I said that I've been studying hard all day in school

Trying very hard to understand the golden rule

I think I'll color this man father

I think I'll color him love

Said I'm gonna color him father

I think I'll color the man love, yes I will

He says education is the thing if you want to compete

Because without it son, life ain't very sweet

I love this man and I don't know why

Except I'll need his strength until the day that I die

My mother loves him and I can tell

By the way she looks at him when he holds my little sister Nell

I heard her say just the other day

That if it hadn't of been for him she couldn't have found her way

I think I'll color him father

I'm gonna color him love

I've got to color him father

I think I'll color this man love

Our real old man, he got killed in the war

And she knows she and seven kids couldn't of gotten very far

She said she thought that she could never love again

And then there he stood with that big wide grin

He married my mother and he took us in

And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin

I've got to color this man father

I'm gonna color him love

I've got to color him father

I believe I'll color this man love

He's just been so good to me

I know I've got to color him love

I'm gonna color him father

I've got to color this man love

He's just been so kind

I think I'll color him love