Graham

(Deep Male vocal) Verse 1
 Fall of 2011, when you were the size of a dime. 
Your mama showed me your picture, said, "He's growin' just fine."
Back then she was my best friend, neither one of us could see. 
Fate was quietly writin' out the family we'd come to be. Then June fifth of 2012, with thunder in the air. 
A precious boy named Graham, came in like the northern wind, fightin' hard to stay here.
Before these arms could hold you, Lake Superior knew...
Gichi-gami carried hope while prayers carried you. Verse 2
 Weeks later, home at last, I held you to my chest.
You settled on my shoulder like that's where you belonged the best.
Along the shores of Gichi-gami where the cold blue waters roll,
Your mama watched you find your feet while I watched your spirit grow. You melted into my arms with those bright and curious eyes,
My precious Bucko Buddy, you opened up my eyes. Some bonds are born in blood, some are built day after day. Ours was forged in little moments that never faded away. Chorus
Oh, how quickly you have grown..
Faster than U.P. rivers after a storm.. 
Yesterday you reached for me every time you'd lose your way...
Now you're standin' tall enough to find your own someday. Don't grow up too quickly now,
Leave a little Bucko Buddy somewhere in your heart somehow.
'Cause every year that passes steals another memory...
And I'll always miss the little boy who melted into me. Verse 3
 First trip to McDonald's Play Land, straight up to the very top.
 Guess you figured fear was something little boys just never got.
 So I climbed up there behind you while the whole place looked our way...
Some rescues make a father long before the words can say. Snowmobiling through fresh powder, four-wheelers through the mud,
Backyard T-ball in the evenings till our hands were stained with red clay mud. 
Those weren't just the things we did beneath the settin' sun...
They became the quiet reasons you became my son. Bridge
One day these trails'll all be quiet,
No engine hum, no baseball in the yard.
Just old photographs and echoes,
And a father talkin' to the stars. If life should leave you weary,
Or the road gets hard to see...
Remember there's a place you'll always have,
Right here besides momma and me. Final Chorus
Oh, Graham how quickly you have grown...
Now your voice is deeper than the one I used to know.
Only just a handful of short years remain...
Before the world will call you a man. So don't grow up too quickly now,
The world can wait a little while. 
'Cause to me you'll always be
That little Bucko Buddy ridin' next to me. No matter where life takes you,
No matter how far you roam...
You'll always be my son...
And you'll always have a home. Outro
 Fall of 2011... Graham’s story first began.
June fifth of 2012... our little fighter found his way. Years rolled by one ordinary day at a time...
A shoulder to lean on.
A trail to ride.
A ball to throw.
A hand to hold. Fate knew what it was doin'...Long before we understood the plan.