Song Description

A son realizes that he should have listened to his daddy's words and avoided some troublesome times. Later realizes how much his momma and daddy loved him.

Lyrics

My Daddy's Words (Crooks & Quacks)

My daddy used to warn me
Look out for the Crooks and the Quacks.
You might start out with some aces
But end up with a gun in your back.
One will take your money, the other one your soul
But there's one thing that's oh so very clear.
It's they don't really love you
They only want your money and your tears.

My momma used to tell me
Listen to your daddy son he knows.
You see long before I met him
He traveled down a very different road.
One road took his money, the other one his soul
But your daddy's words still echo loud and clear.
Crooks and Quacks don't love you,
They only want your money and your tears.

(chorus)

There were moments when I yelled out
In my desperate pain.
I thought I was done - out of the game.
Starin' at the ceiling, flat out on my back
Hearing my daddy's last words.
Son, look out for the Crooks and the Quacks.

Well that was many years ago
I traveled down that same road once or twice.
You may wonder how I got there
If I listened to my daddy's sage advice.
Well I don't have all my money,
But I still have my soul.
And my daddy's words still ring out loud and clear.
I know Crooks and Quacks don't love me
Like my momma loved me
Like my daddy loved me
They only want my money and my tears.
And I know my momma loved me
Like my daddy loved me
And they didn't want my money or my tears.

My daddy used to warm me
look out for the Crooks and the Quacks.

July 2019