The first time I remember
you calling me little man,
I was real little. You said
Yeah, I know your name is Zachariah Jr.
But to me, as long as I live, you’ll always be my little man.
The first time I said
Daddy, that sounds like a song,
you told me to go write one for you.
But I didn’t know the first thing
about how to make a song.
Look it up, little man, you said. You know how to read.
And so I did. And I found out how to put parts together.
There’s usually a chorus—some words
repeating themselves
over and over again.
And maybe the chorus to this song is Little man . . .
Little man,
little man,
as long as I live,
even if you get taller than me,
you’ll always be
my little man.