The Winstons - Color Him Father Lyrics

There's a man at my house, he's so big and strong
He goes to work each day and 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
Tryin' very hard to understand the golden rule

I think I'll color this man father (color him father)
I think I'll color him love (color him love)
Said I'm gonna color him father (color him father)
I think I'll color the man love, yes, I will (color him love)

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 have been for him she couldn't have found her way

I think I'll color this man father (color him father)
I'm gonna color him love (color him love)
I've got to color him father (color him father)
I think I'll color the man love (color him love)

Our real old man, he got killed in the war
And she knows she and seven kids couldn't have got 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 (color him father)
I'm gonna color him love (color him love)
I've got to color him father (color him father)
I believe I'll color the man love (color him love)

He's just been so good to me (color him father)
I know I've got to color him love (color him love)
I'm gonna color him father (color him father)
I've got to color this man love (color him love)
He's just been so kind (color him father)