Do I get the lyrics to my Father's Day song?

Yes. You can read them on the preview page before you pay, and the full song comes with a lyric sheet to print and slip into his card. For a stepdad, use the name you call him and write about your time together.

Can a Father's Day song come from all the kids?

Yes. Write 'we' in your lines and combine everyone's best memory.

Does it have to be serious?

No. A song about his grilling or his dad jokes is just as personal.

Can the song be from a baby or a toddler?

Yes. Write the lines as if the child were speaking, and type Dad or Daddy in the name field.

Father's Day

He'll say he doesn't need anything. He's said that every June. This year, give him something about him.

A Father's Day song about your dad

Father's Day falls on the third Sunday of June in the US, and most dads already own enough ties. A song about his life and what he taught you is something he cannot buy for himself.

Hear the second a name lands

Nguyen, you are the anchor of my life.

You wrote“Taught me to fish on Galveston pier.”

The song singsWe fished on Galveston pier in the breeze.

From a real song made here: “My Anchor, Nguyen”, for Nguyen, from what his daughter typed.

The moment you give it

You take the wheel this year. The song tells him about the pier and the twenty years of early shifts, and somewhere around the second chorus he says your childhood nickname for the first time in ages.

Now playing

A song with your name in it

Heading to the spot he always picks

Passenger seat: Dad, with his own cooler, as usual

Father's Day, on the way to the lake

Start with one memory

Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.

Father’s Day songs people play

Songs that come out every third Sunday of June.

Song	Artist	Good for
Daddy's Hands	Holly Dunn	Thanks for everything he fixed
Watching You	Rodney Atkins	The kid who copies him
Butterfly Kisses	Bob Carlisle	From his little girl
Just the Two of Us	Will Smith	From his son

A real Father's Day song

"My Anchor, Nguyen" came from a few lines about a taxi driver and a fishing pier.

My Anchor, Nguyen

for Nguyen · dad · Father's Day · Country

Dad drove a taxi in Houston for twenty years and never missed one of my soccer games. He taught me to fish on Galveston pier and to fix a flat tire in the rain. He still calls me kiddo.

1:55

Ten Octobers with You

for Saoirse · wife · Anniversary · Acoustic pop

We met on a rainy platform in Cork in 2016. She lent me her umbrella and kept it for a year. Every Sunday she sings to the dog, Murphy, while the toast burns. Ten years this October.

1:55

What you get for $12.99

You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.

Free preview: The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
The song: The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
Lyrics: Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
Their link: A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
Photo video: Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
The name: Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
Re-record: One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
Name sung wrong?: After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
Languages: Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
Teaser: Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
For this song: Family in another country? Pick the language they speak at home in the form, and the whole song, chorus and name included, is sung in it.
: Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.

What dads respond to

Proof you noticed the work he did.
A lesson that stuck, in his own words.
A shared hobby: fishing, cars, a team.
The joke he always tells.
What kind of grandfather he has turned into.

For example

Work, a lesson and the next generation.

He worked nights at the plant and still made every Saturday soccer game.
He taught me to check the oil before every road trip.
Now my kids call him the best fort builder in the state.

Picking his sound

Our Father's Day sample is country with a male voice, and that combination fits many dads. If he grew up on soul records, choose R&B; if he likes quiet guitar, indie folk.

Making it a moment

Play it at the barbecue, in the truck or over the phone. If he goes quiet on the first listen, take it as a good sign, and make sure he has the MP3 for later.

A first Father's Day

A first Father's Day is a big one. Partners often make a song from the new baby's point of view: what the baby has noticed about Dad, the night feeds, the first smile. It is sweet without being sappy, and it becomes a record of that first year.

For a grandfather on Father's Day, write about the father he was and the grandfather he has become; both deserve a line.

Plenty of Father's Day songs gently tease his golf swing, his playlists or the way he narrates every road trip. Two teasing lines and one sincere one keep it from tipping into mush.