I brought my father with me I hope that you don't mind I couldn't find it in me To make him stay behind Tonight the snow has fallen The trees are white and old Their heavy branches bending Can we come in from the cold? I brought my father with me Though it's been many years Since he'd go down to Dolan's For a shot and a couple of beers When he'd take me with him And he'd buy me a coke It surely made my day Now I take my father with me Turnabout's fair play Car trips to Pennsylvania When all of us would sing He sang Bells Of Saint Mary's And he sounded just like Bing Summer days down at the shore Remembering how he Would bless himself with foam before He'd dive into the sea There are some ways I'm just like him Some ways he was just like me And sometimes when the mirror's dim His face is clear to see Tonight the winds of heaven Blow the stars across the sky I brought my father with me I couldn't say goodbye