Guess he thought I knew

I brought home some old B&W photos today from my grandmas. They are of my grandpa & my mom as a little girl mostly. There are a few of my great grandpa on a really big harvester of some sort.

Looking at the photos tonight just brought so many emotions & memories flooding back, that I've realized that I'll never be able to listen to certain songs in the same way. They take on a whole new meaning & I listen to them with a different point of view now.

Here is one of them. I used to think of my dad when I heard it, but now...its so much more fitting to my grandpa. It is called 'The greatest man I never knew' by Reba McIntire.

The greatest man I never knew
Lived just down the hall
And everyday we said hello
But never touched at all
He was in his paper
I was in my room
How was I to know, he thought I hung the moon

The greatest man I never knew
Came home late every night
He never had too much to say
Too much was on his mind
I never really knew him
And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us took all he had

Then the days turned into years
And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind
Blowing across my life

The greatest words I never heard
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought could never die
Has been dead almost a year
He was good at business
But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me
Guess he thought I knew