MUSIC

A note from Kenny:
Jeff Steele has written the biblical story in a real-world way.

Check back for more about this tremendous song.

The Prodigal's Dad
Jeff Steele
© 2005 Christian Taylor Music, BMI
(a division of Daywind Music Publishing)
Chriskay Music, BMI

-VERSE 1
You may not know me. - My son gets a lot of the story.
He went away. - Right here I stayed and kept the home fires burning.
In the heat of the day - at night the same way - I just kept searching.
Life is hard - I am so sad - You see, I'm the prodigal's dad.

-VERSE 2
I hear them saying, "By now his life is only a memory.
It's been so long, all hope is gone of him ever returning."
But still I make my way to the roof everyday - watching and praying.
Maybe soon I will be glad - you see I'm the prodigal's dad.

-CHANNEL
Then one day in the distance wandering unrecognized
Because he'd been mangled and bruised by the world.
Except in his father's eyes.

-CHORUS
And while he was yet a great way off this father saw him.
I saw him and I ran and I fell on his neck kissed him.
A new pair of shoes I put on his feet - though he gave up, I still believed.
And the one that they said was as good as dead has come back to me.

-TAG
A new pair of shoes I put on his feet - though he gave up, I still believed.
And the one that they said was as good as dead has come back to me.
I was so sad. Now I am glad. I'm the prodigal's dad.