My Daddy Never Was

My boss'll tell you that

I've been to work all week on time

And I ain't had no liquor on my breath

It ain't no kind of secret

I've been known to take a drink

And it's made me do some things that I regret.



Loretta said, ''This ain't no kind of way

To raise a family.''

And one night she called it quits

And called a cab.

She left clothes out on the clothes line

And the dishes in the sink

So I guess she knows

That she ain't coming back.



But, I just wanna see my kids

I just wanna hold my girls

Heaven knows I ain't got much

An' nothin' else in this whole world

I just wanna be around enough

To know that they've been loved

I just wanna be the daddy

My daddy never was.



--- Instrumental ---



Now lately she's been knowin'

This ol' boy she met in church

And I can't say she's wrong for wantin' more

I gave him the right to tell my wife

That I can't come around

The night I knocked a hole in her front door.



And Loretta took my keys

And she made me wait outside

But she didn't call the law

She called a cab

And as I pulled away

I saw somethin' in her eyes

So I Reckon that she knows

I ain't so bad.



I just wanna see my kids

I just wanna hold my girls

Heaven knows I ain't got much

An' nothin' else in this whole world

I just wanna be around enough

To know that they've been loved

I just wanna be the daddy

My daddy never was.



--- Instrumental ---



Oh, My boss'll tell you that

I've been to work all week on time

And I ain't had no liquor on my breath...