I Knew My Father Knew

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[Verse 1]
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I watched him with the eager eyes of childhood day by day.
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The way he lived said more to me than words could ever say.
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The simple truths he taught me would endure my whole life through,
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And long before I knew them for myself
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I knew my father knew.


[Verse 2]
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I borrowed his unfailing faith; I trusted in his love.
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I counted on his courage when my own was not enough.
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I turned to him for counsel through the perils of my youth.
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And even when I doubted, still I knew,
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I knew my father knew.


[Bridge]
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I saw his quiet witness in the tears he could not hide
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As he taught me of the Savior, how He lived and how He died.
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I felt the Holy Spirit, as he testified of truth
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As I began to understand the things I knew my father knew.


[Verse 3]
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I have found my father’s faith deep within my soul,
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A legacy I’ll treasure through eternities untold.
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And everything I try to be, and everything I do
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I do because I learned to know and love the things
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I knew my father knew.