Randy Travis - The box

^AOn the top shelf in the closet, In the ^Dworkshop where he ^E7spent his extra ^Atime Was a dusty wooden box that ^DI had never ^E7noticed till that ^Anight And we ^Dset on the table and carefully, we opened up the ^Atop And ^E7stared into the memory Daddy kept inside the ^Abox

There was a ^Dletter from mamma, when she went out to Reno To help her sister out in 6^A2 And a ^E7flower from Hawaii, when they went on vacation It was the first time that my Daddy ever ^Aflew

And the ^Dpocket knife I gave to him on Fathers day Years ago, I thought it had been ^Alost We all ^E7thought his heart was made from solid rock But that was long before we found the ^Abox ^{D E7 A}

I ^Aguess we always knew it but “I ^Dlove you” was hard for him to ^Asay Some men show it easy and ^Dsome just never ^E7seem to find the ^Away But ^Dthat night I began to see the softer side of someone I had ^Alost I ^E7saw the love he kept inside the first time we opened up the ^Abox

There was a ^Dpicture that was taken, when he and Mom were dating Standing by his 194^A4, And the ^E7faded leather Bible, he got when he was baptised I guess no one understood him like the ^ALord

And the ^Dpoem that he had written, about his wife and children The tender words he spoke were quite a ^Ashock We all ^E7thought his heart was made of solid rock But that was long before we found the ^Abox

We all ^E7thought his heart was made of solid rock Yes that was long before we found the ^Abox ^{D E7 A}