A música Dance with My Father foi escrita por Luther Vandross e Richard Marx e é uma homenagem póstuma ao pai de Vandross, que morreu quando ele era jovem. A letra expressa o desejo de Vandross de dançar novamente com seu pai, relembrando os momentos felizes de sua infância. Foi inspirada por experiências pessoais de perda e saudade.
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Back when I was a child
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Before life removed all the innocence
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My father would lift me high
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And dance with my mother and me and then
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Spin me around till I fell asleep
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Then up the stairs he would carry me
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And I knew for sure
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I was loved
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If I could get another chance
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Another walk, another dance with him
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I'd play a song that would never, ever end
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How I'd love my mother to dance with my father again
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When I and my mother would disagree
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To get my way I would run from her to him
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He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah
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Then finally make me do just what my mama said
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Later that night when I was asleep
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He left a dollar under my sheet
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Never dreamed that he
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Would be gone from me
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If I could steal one final glance
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One final step, one final dance with him
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I'd play a song that would never, ever end
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cause i'd love my mother to dance with my father
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again
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Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
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And I'd hear my mama cryin' for him
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I pray for her even more than me
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I pray for her even more than me
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I know I'm prayin' for much too much
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But could You send back the only man she loved
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I know You don't do it usually
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But Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my father again