before slumber parties on the boat or pickin pumpkins out with grando or riding bikes or racing boats up and down along the coast of the grand traverse bay before e4 had a dime or swims along northwestern shorelines there was a world that was wishing and waiting for you before you came true one day your mom met a man and he took your mom by the hand but she lived a thousand miles away so he packed up and moved to the great lakes so ask your dad about his bride ask your dad about his black eye and ask him why he wore more makeup than your mom on their wedding day ask your mom about her groom ask your mom about your grandpa you should have seen it when they danced around the room to his favorite tune my girl when you get older someday you will meet a man and he ll ask your dad for your hand and if your father tells him no he ll change his mind if you say so remember that wherever you go you ve always got a place to call your own you ve always got a home wherever you go another baby s on the way you re growing older everyday so fall in line and take your time as i m sure you ll find it goes by too fast someday you will meet a man and he ll ask your dad for your hand and if your father tells him no he ll change his mind if you say so and he ll walk with you proud down that aisle and look at your mom and smile cause he ll remember how he felt that joy when your mom walked down that aisle with beepsy boy 