Steve Wariner – Snowfall On The Sand

(Billy Kirsch / Steve Wariner)

Daddy always said he’d come back when the first snow came

Bringing treats like Santa Claus on Christmas day

Momma always said son don’t you get your hopes too high

Daddy he’s a dreamer reaching for the sky

Still I waited by the window at Christmas time

And I sat on the front steps as Easter rolled by

Then we moved to Arizona ’round the 4th of July

But Daddy never came I waited just the same

Chorus

And they say it never snows in Arizona

But I never stopped believing that it would

And before I’d go to sleep at night I’d look up at the desert sky

Close my eyes the same ole prayer again

I’d wake up and see the snowfall on the sand

Part of growing up for me was learning way too soon

The difference between fantasy and cold hard truth

Momma liked to say accept those things you cannot change

She was scared I ‘d be like Dad and dream my life away

But in a corner of my mind I kept a place for him

Cause a promise lasts forever when you’re just a kid

Yea he told me in a season he’d be back again

But Daddy never came I waited just the same

Chorus

Bridge

Last night my Father’s sister called me on the phone

Said today your father passed away I thought that you should know

You were the one that he thought of as he left this world behind

He said tell my boy I’m goning to find a way to

Come and say goodbye

And they say it never snows in Arizona

But I’m looking out my window and it is

And I swear I can’t believe my eyes to see the desert painted white

For a moment we’re together once again

As I see the snowfall on the sand