**Verse 1**  
You walk in the door, and the whole place settles down  
Like the air gets softer when you’re around  
Boots by the mat, keys in the bowl, same old routine  
But somehow with you, it still feels brand new to me  
You’re the kind of man that don’t have to talk tough  
‘Cause you’ve been through it, and you’ve still shown up  
Big heart in a world that can get cold  
One of the strongest people I’ll ever know  

**Pre-Chorus**  
And I know I’m thirty-three, you’re catching up fast  
But you’ve always been the steady one in all the fast  

**Chorus**  
Oh Santino, you’re my favorite kind of sure  
I love you even though you snore  
Like a freight train rolling straight through every dream I had before  
And if forever’s got a front porch, that’s where I’ll be  
Laughing with you, loving you, easy  
Yeah Santino… you feel like home to me  

**Verse 2**  
Friday night, I'm cooking like it’s something sacred  
Fajitas on the stove, and you’re grinning while you taste it  
Then we fall into the couch, lights low, TV glow  
Another murder documentary, saying, “Okay, one more”  
And you laugh at my face when I act all brave  
Then I jump at the soundtrack, and you call me out the same  
And I swear, it’s the little things you do  
That make a hard day feel like it never happened at all with you  

**Pre-Chorus**  
And when the world gets heavy, you don’t run  
You just hold it, and somehow it gets light enough  

**Chorus**  
Oh Santino, you’re my favorite kind of sure  
I love you even though you snore  
Like a freight train rolling straight through every dream I had before  
And if forever’s got a front porch, that’s where I’ll be  
Laughing with you, loving you, easy  
Yeah Santino… you feel like home to me  

**Verse 3**  
You light up talking Star Wars like it’s real life  
Quoting lines like you’ve known ‘em since you learned to drive  
And you’re catching Pokémon like it’s your job  
Then gaming with Dan, Chris, and Tusk ‘til the whole night’s gone  
I’ll act like I’m annoyed, but babe, I’m smiling wide  
‘Cause I love the way you come alive  
And I love that you still make room  
For me in the middle of it all, like you always do  

**Bridge**  
And Riley… she’s got your eyes when she laughs  
And your brave when she’s scared, and your good when it’s hard  
She’s not mine by blood, but she’s mine by heart  
I love her like she is, from the start  
And I’ve seen you be a dad—no spotlight, no praise  
Just showing up steady in a hundred quiet ways  
That’s the kind of man I prayed was real  
Now I’m standing here, and I get to feel it  

**Bridge 2 (half-time feel)**  
Turning thirty on Valentine’s Day, 2026  
Yeah, you were born for a love like this  
And I might be older, but baby, I swear  
You’re the one teaching me how to get there  

**Chorus**  
Oh Santino, you’re my favorite kind of sure  
I love you even though you snore  
Like a freight train rolling straight through every dream I had before  
And if forever’s got a front porch, that’s where I’ll be  
Laughing with you, loving you, easy  
Yeah Santino… you feel like home to me  

**Outro**  
Happy 30th Birthday, I love you in every way