Lyrics

I was sittin? on the basement floor
With a Phillip?s head and an old Kenmore
That broke again
In the How To book for Model B
See diagram page twenty-three
Figure 9 and 10
Though I study which parts to unscrew
I close my eyes and think of you
And pray you?ll show me what to do
To get this thing to spin
As you?re lookin? down from Heaven now
You see that I am tryin?
But I wish I had my daddy back again

CHORUS
Who?ll fix the dryer when you?re gone
Oh Daddy who will get my car to start
And comfort Mama?s broken heart
And help me raise my son to be a man
Just like his Grandpa
Handyman

There?re so many things remind me of you
Violins,
a sunset on the Chesapeake
But of all things I?m remembering
The day I watched you patch a pipe
That sprung a leak
So strong armed and determined
Working well beyond your bedtime
You would not relent until that thing would drain
As you?re lookin? down from Heaven now
You see that I am crying
Cause I wish I had my daddy back again

CHORUS

(Instrumental-mandolin)

You were always there to turn to
Every problem has solutions if you
Stick with it
But this is one you cannot fix
It?s up to me and I?m just not sure I?m
Up to it
Now there?s nothing more for me to do
I close my eyes and think of you
I plug it in and push the knob
And hear it start to spin
As you?re lookin? down from Heaven
I can see that you are smiling
Daddy, you came through for me again

CHORUS
So I?ll fix the dryer when you?re gone
And Daddy I will get my car to start
And comfort Mama?s broken heart
And I will raise my son to be a man
Just like his Grandpa
Handyman
Just like my father
Handyman