Retirement Song forMy dad, Michael

[Verse]
The clock strikes five, the factory hums fade away,
Thirty-five years of dust on your boots, they say.
Michael, my dad, with a heart made of steel,
You taught me to fight, you taught me to feel.

[Verse]
From the first light of dawn to the last call at night,
Never missed a school play, never lost the fight.
Your hands told the story, rough, weary, and wise,
A symphony of labor, love spark in your eyes.

[Chorus]
Oh, Michael, they don’t make ‘em like you no more,
A legend in coveralls, love at the core.
Thirty-five years strong, now the curtain falls,
But your legacy’s echoing down these old halls.

[Bridge]
The coffee’s gone cold, the locker’s half bare,
But the lessons you gave me are everywhere.
You showed me the weight of a hard-working man,
And the strength it takes just to stand.

[Verse]
The overtime hours, the missed summer days,
You traded ‘em all just to light up my ways.
Michael, my compass, my north star so true,
Every scar on your hands built the world that I knew.

[Verse]
Now the whistle blows soft for the very last time,
But your rhythm’s still beating in the heart of this rhyme.
The machines may go quiet, the office may rest,
But your fire’s still burning in every test.

[Chorus]
Oh, Michael, they don’t make ‘em like you no more,
A legend in coveralls, love at the core.
Thirty-five years strong, now the curtain falls,
But your legacy’s echoing down these old halls.