The Day I Became Your Dad

The Day I Became Your Dad

A new baby song · Songbond

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He built the crib in April, read the books, nodded through the classes like he understood. None of it landed until a nurse said "here's your daughter" in the bright fluorescent hum and put seven pounds in arms that had hung drywall and fixed engines and never once been afraid — until now.

He walked the hallway window at three a.m., watching streetlights, the tiny striped hat impossibly small in his hand, making promises in whispers he'd never said aloud. Not perfect; just present, just here. For the first-time father who walked into a hospital one man and walked out another — terrified and certain, both at once, for good.

Lyrics

They handed me seven pounds
And the whole world changed its mind

I built the crib in April, read the books they recommend
Nodded through the classes like I'd understand
Then a nurse said "here's your daughter" in that bright fluorescent hum
And every plan I'd made just came undone

My hands have hung drywall, fixed engines, thrown a punch
They've never been afraid of anything — till now

That was the day I became your dad
Not the test, not the heartbeat on the screen
The day you slept inside my elbow
And rewired everything in me
I don't know what I'm doing
But I know this much is true —
I was somebody else that morning
Now I'm yours — the day I became your dad

I held the little hat they gave you, striped and impossibly small
Walked the hallway window watching streetlights, three a.m.
Made you promises in whispers that I'd never said out loud
Not perfect — just present. Just here. Just now.

I called my own old man before the sun came up
Said "I get it now" — and he just laughed soft

That was the day I became your dad
Not the test, not the heartbeat on the screen
The day you slept inside my elbow
And rewired everything in me
I don't know what I'm doing
But I know this much is true —
I was somebody else that morning
Now I'm yours — the day I became your dad

Someday you'll be grown and rolling your eyes at me
And I'll still be that man in the hospital chair
Terrified and certain — both at once, forever

That was the day I became your dad
And every day since then, I choose it again
The night feeds and the worry
The learning as I go — amen
I don't know what I'm doing
But you'll never doubt this part:
I showed up the day you got here
And I'm not going anywhere — your dad

Seven pounds — that's all it took
To make a whole new man

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