I'm 5 years old It's getting cold out
Got my big coat on
I hear your laugh And look up at smilin at you
I run and run
Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides
Look now, the sky is gold
I hug your legs and fall asleep
On the way home
"Were we going Uncle Bobby?" She asked from her car seat beside him.
Her lilac eyes shining with excitement. Ryce loved her Uncle he was the best.
She never understood why momma and papa would get all fussy when she wanted to see him.
Something about learning the family business. That didn't matter right now. So on the road to wherever they were going they did what they did best.
They sang Jonny Cash. Bobby heard her gasp when they reached their destination. "A pumpkin patch! This is so cool!" Ryce said jumping up and down in excitement.
Bobby laughed. "Put your coat on you little idjit."
I don't know why all the trees change in the fall oh oh
But I know you're not scared of anything at all oh oh
Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away
But I know I had the best day with you today
There was a lot Rycelynn didn't know but there was thing she did today was the best.
Bobby couldn't repress a small smile. His little girl was asleep on his shoulder pumpkin at her feet.
Today had been a good day.
I'm 13 now and don't know how my friends could be so mean
I come home crying and you hold me tight
And grab the keys
And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away
And we talk and window shop til I forgotten
All their names
Ryce went to live with Bobby when she was thirteen.
He was the one to give her the talk. That was well awkward but a necessity according to him.
A few weeks into school, she came home crying. "What is it darlin?" He asked full of concern. "Stupid girls." Was all she would tell him.
She would never tell him that they had been making fun of her for living in a junkyard.
To her it was the coolest place to live. "You want to talk about it." He asked her. She just shook her head.
"What are you doing Uncle Bobby?" She asked when she saw him grab the keys to his truck. "Come on then let's go for a ride."
I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school uh uh
But I know I'm laughin pn the car ride home with you uh uh
Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay but I know I had the best day
With you, today
She did know what would happen at school the next day.
And she didn't care. She was happy.
They had spent the day together eating dinner out and buying new books for his collection.
Only her Uncle could maker feel they way she did right now.
I have an excellent father
His strength is making me stronger
God smiles on my little brother
Inside and out he's better than nothin
When she was fifteen she wanted to call him daddy, almost did once.
Bobby made her stronger in ways her own father never did. He made her feel special.
I grew up in a pretty house
And I had space to run
And I had .. The Best Days with you
Growing up in the junkyard had been the best.
Days of running around and playing with Rumsfield.
Always followed by dinner with the best Uncle in the world. To bad, it took one of the worst days to finally get the nerve to call him dad.
There is a video I found
From back when I was three
You set up a paint set in the kitchen
And you're talkin' to me
It's the edge of princesses and pirate ships
And the seven dwarfs
My Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world
While Dean and Sam were getting the house ready for her dad's return home, she found a video.
Of a screeching three year old running around the house. Wearing a princess outfit.
What made her cry was Bobby running around with her. Would he ever be able to do that again?
"Ryce what are you watching?" Dean asked her. "Oh a video of when I was three, I found it among dad's stuff." She said without looking at him.
She didn't have to, to see the smile etched on his face.
Now I know why the all the trees change in the fall oh oh
I know you were on my side even when I was wrong
And I love you for giving me your eyes
Staying back and watching me shine
And I didn't know if you knew
So I'm takin' this chance to say
I had the best day
With you, today
She may not have his eyes, but she has his smile and now his name.
It couldn't be official, but that didn't matter.
What mattered was that he was here alive with her. "I love you dad." She said smiling at him.
"Love ya too sugar." He said.