every new year goes by faster then the last

and it gets so hard to know just what you have

in your friends and in your family

in those you take for granted along the way

and you were always there for me

through every tribulation

you're there for me

I couldn't walk a mile in your shoes

but I still want to be just like you

from all the struggles you've been through

you stood strong

and you taught me to

hold my head high

let nothing hold me back

reach for the sky

give it everything

I have inside

when I was young my greatest fear was losing you

before you showed me that it's all in his hands

thats how much you meant to me then

and that still stands

I hope I make you proud

if I never take the chance to say

thank you for everyday

your life revolved around me

I'm saying it now

you make your son proud