Lyrics

Verse 1]

The day you came into this world
You arrived like you owned the room
Eleven pounds and eleven ounces
A force that came too soon
You carried fire from the beginning
A spark behind your eyes
told me to nickname you "Sparky"
a name that stuck with family ties.

[Verse 2]

You loved the crack of a baseball bat
The smell of fresh-cut grass in June
Back roads, woods, and open places
Always chasing something new
You could make a room start laughing
With one story and a crooked smile
And somehow make the hard days easier
Just by staying for a while

[Chorus]

You were my son, you were my friend
The one I thought would call again
We shared our days, our dreams, our secrets
The things we never told the world
Now the silence feels so heavy
Where your voice used to be
I'd give anything for one more night
Just talking endlessly

[Verse 3]

Life handed you some heavy burdens
Long before a boy should know
But you carried them with quiet courage
And kept moving down the road
Just when brighter days were coming
And hope was finally breaking through
An unforeseen twist of fate arrived
And took away our time with you

[Bridge]

We had plans waiting on the calendar
Days we thought were still ahead
Time with Nolan and Elaina
And memories left to make instead
The outdoors calling like it always did
And baseball under stadium lights
We never knew planning those moments
Would become our last goodbye

[Final Chorus]

You were my son, you were my friend
And you'll be with me to the end
In every laugh and every ballgame
In every sunset that I see
Though the years keep moving forward
And life goes on somehow
The love between a father and son
Lives here with me now

[Outro]

The world lost a bright and gentle spirit
But your light still shines on through
In the hearts of those who love you
And the children who carry you.