Father’s Day
He taught you to throw, drive and shake a hand. Neither of you has ever said the word "love" out loud.
A Father’s Day song from a son, about the man who showed you how
Fathers and sons often show love sideways: a fixed bike, a ride to practice, a nod from the sideline. A song lets you say it straight once a year, in his favorite style, with his name sung back to him.
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
Stuck in game traffic, you skip the sports radio. The song is the sideways kind of thank-you you two use, and at the end he just reaches over and squeezes the back of your neck.
Now playing
A song with your name in it
Stadium traffic, forty minutes to first pitch
Passenger seat: Dad, the one who taught you to merge
Father's Day, the drive to the ballgame
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
A real Father’s Day song
Written by a daughter for her dad; a son’s version would trade her details for yours.
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.
Lessons worth a verse
- How to throw, swing, cast or drive, and how long it took.
- The job he went to every day and what it cost him.
- The talk he gave you before something big.
- The tool, recipe or saying he handed down.
- What you understood about him once you became a dad yourself.
- The thing he still calls to ask about.
If you are a dad now too
Sons with kids of their own often write the best Father’s Day lines, because they finally know what the early mornings felt like. One line about seeing him in yourself, or seeing him with your children, gives the chorus a reason to come back.
Style and voice
| If he plays | Pick |
|---|---|
| classic country on the radio | Country, male voice |
| old soul and Motown | R&B / soul |
| acoustic guitar by the fire | Indie folk |
| whatever the grandkids want | Upbeat pop |
Giving it without making a speech
- Play it while you both work on something, so nobody has to look at anybody.
- Put it on in the truck on the way to lunch.
- Send it with a one-word text and let the song say the rest.
More song ideas
Questions
Said straight, once a year.
Give us one lesson he taught you and hear the first minute.