[00:00.00]I Love You This Much - Ameritz Tribute Standards
[00:14.10]He can't remember the times that he thought
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[00:19.76]Does my Daddy love me probably not
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[00:26.87]But that didn't stop him from wishin' he did
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[00:32.28]Didn't keep him from wanting or worshipping him
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[00:41.31]He guesses he saw him about once a year
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[00:46.67]And he can still feel the way he felt standin' in tears
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[00:53.74]Stretchin' his arms out as far as they'd go
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[00:59.80]And whisperin' Daddy I want you to know
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[01:05.77]I love you this much
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[01:08.96]I'm waitin' on you
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[01:12.49]To make up your mind do you love me too
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[01:18.65]However long it takes I'm never givin' up
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[01:25.42]No matter what I love you this much
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[01:40.49]He grew to hate him for what he'd done
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[01:46.09]Cause what kind of father would do that to his son
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[01:53.26]He said damn you daddy the day that he died
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[01:58.84]The man didn't blink but the little boy cried
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[02:04.89]I love you this much
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[02:08.09]I'm waitin' on you
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[02:11.58]To make up your mind do you love me too
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[02:17.80]However long it takes I'm never givin' up
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[02:24.49]No matter what I love you this much
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[02:35.83]Halfway through the funeral while the choir sang a hymn
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[02:42.10]He looked up above the preacher and sat and stared at him
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[02:50.87]He said forgive me father when he realized
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[02:57.85]He hadn't been unloved or alone all his life
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[03:05.12]His arms were stretched out as far as they'd go
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[03:11.11]Nailed to the cross for the whole world to know
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[03:16.95]I love you this much
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[03:20.16]I'm waitin' on you
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[03:23.70]To make up your mind do you love me too
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[03:29.87]However long it takes I'm never givin' up
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[03:36.69]No matter what I love you this much