I want to love her like You love me Give her everything I can I want to live a life that's holy And be a better man You could have chosen anybody But I'm the one You gave her to And she's gonna be like me So God, I want to be like You My boy just turned 5 and he looks like me Always playing baseball and climbing up some tree God I know he won't always be this young Let him grow up proud to be his daddy's son I want to love him like You love me Give him everything I can I want to live a life that's holy And be a better man You could have chosen anybody But I'm the one You gave him to If he's gonna be like me So God, I want to be like You 'Cause their feet are gonna follow Where their father leads her to So Father won't You lead me straight to You And when my life is over I pray they will look back And say they saw a bit of Jesus in their dad I want to love them like You love me Give them everything I can I want to live a life that's holy And be a better man You could have chosen anybody But I'm the one You gave them to If they're gonna be like me They're gonna be like me So God, I want to be like You