While I Was Away Lyrics - Zane Williams

By the time I made it home?
You were already in bed
?Chubby cheek pressed to your pillow
By a bedtime book you’d read?
And I noticed that you looked older
Than you did yesterday
?You’ve been growin’ up?
While I was away

You made a pile of leaves in the front yard ?I guess it’s already fall
?By the look of those pictures your Momma took
The two of you had a ball?
And it made me glad but a little sad
?To see those games you play
?I missed a lot of smiles?
While I was away

And for every dollar I earn there’s a lesson you learn without me there
And every day I’m on the go I’m prayin’ that you know your Daddy cared
‘Cause the hardest part about workin’ hard ain’t the bills I gotta pay
?It’s you growin’ up while I was away

And I found your note in the kitchen
It’s a real work of art?
A stickman holding your stick hand With “Daddy” written in a heart
?And it got me good ‘cause I understood
Just what you meant to say
You’ve been missin’ me too
While I was away

And for every dollar I earn there’s a lesson you learn without me there
And every day I’m on the go I’m prayin’ that you know your Daddy cared
‘Cause the hardest part about workin’ hard ain’t the bills I gotta pay?
It’s you growin’ up while I was away

You know the hardest part about workin’ hard
Ain’t the bills I gotta pay?
It’s everything I missed
?While I was away