Listen to These Songs About Being a Dad This Father's Day

Music has a way of putting words on ways we feel that we can't quite express on our own, and that's certainly true for the bonds between fathers and their sons and daughters. As June nears and we're thinking about how to celebrate our dads, those are just the songs we are queueing up to inspire us and to share with Dad himself.

Some tunes on our list of 40, like John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" and Paul Simon's "Father and Daughter," are written by dads for their children, while others, like Zac Brown Band's "My Old Man" and Alan Jackson's "Drive (For Daddy Gene)," are written by children about their fathers. Put them all together to play as you and Dad spend time together trying one of these Father's Day activities and as he opens his gifts, perhaps from our Father's Day gift guide, and you might even pull a line from one of them that you find particularly meaningful to write in a card for your dad, stepdad or other father figure too.

And now for the Father's Day soundtrack that can be enjoyed every day of the year your dad is a significant part of your life!