Verse 1

I can still see the ice cream

Drippin’ down your little hand,

Sticky smiles, ribbons in your hair—

Those summer nights at the county fair.

Carousel lights and Ferris wheels,

’Round and ’round, you laughed and’d shout,

Waving every single time

Your pony horse came back around.

Chorus

Do I matter anymore?

Do you still see me like before?

When you needed me to lift you high

Or guide your steps as you learned to fly.

Now those memories play like movies

In a heart still tender, sore…

Tell me, when the world gets loud,

Do I matter anymore?

Verse 2

Classroom books, your first school dance—

Curls pinned up in your new blue dress.

You asked, “Daddy, do I look pretty?”

I said, “Darlin’, you’re the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Then came the day you got your license,

Hands trembling as you held those keys…

You pulled away in your first old car,

Headlights fading past the evening stars.

Bridge

Sometimes this old father

Misses what you needed me for.

I’m proud of who you’re becoming—

But I miss who you were before.

Final Chorus (Lifted & Emotional)

Do I matter anymore?

’Cause you’re the reason I was born.

Every laugh, every tear, every sleepless night—

All the things I’d do once more.

And if your world feels heavy,

If you’re lost on life’s long shore…

I’ll be right here waiting, darlin’—

You always matter,

Even if I’m not sure

I matter anymore.