Song Description

Remembering my Daddy, a Texan country man, and wishing I again had the time to reminisce with him...

Lyrics

MY DADDY WAS A COUNTRY MAN

By Frankie Key, copyright 2004

VERSE 1-
MY DADDY WAS A COUNTRY MAN
I REMEMBER HIS GREAT BIG HANDS
THEY WERE CALLOUSED, STRONG,
AS HE WORKED THE FARM,
GROWING HOPE WITHIN HIS LAND.

VERSE 2-
PEOPLE USED TO KIND OF LAUGH AT HIM
WHEN HE TALKED REAL SLOW AND HE RUBBED HIS CHIN
'CAUSE HE LIKE TO THINK BEFORE HE'D SPEAK
AND CHOOSE THE WORDS HE'D MEAN.
OH, DADDY...DADDY WAS A COUNTRY MAN.

CHORUS-
WISH I KNEW BACK THEN WHAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW,
WISH I'D GIVEN HIM TIME TO SIT AWHILE,
TO REMINISCE AND SMILE.
DRINK HIS BEER, TELL LITTLE WHITE LIES
BRAG A BIT AND BOOST HIS PRIDE
HURRY UP LESS AND LISTEN MORE
BEFORE MY COUNTRY DADDY PASSED THRU LIFE'S DOOR

VERSE 3-
IS YOUR DADDY A COUNTRY MAN?
IF HE IS TRY AND UNDERSTAND
THAT IT'S IN HIS BLOOD LIKE A RAGING FLOOD
HE TRIES TO STOP BUT CAN'T;

VERSE 4-
GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO JUST UNWIND
THEN HE'LL OPEN UP A LITTLE AT A TIME
AND HE MIGHT SHARE SOME OF THOSE DREAMS AND FEARS
HIDING IN HIS MIND.
IF YOUR DADDY... IF YOUR DADDY IS A COUNTRY MAN.

CHORUS-
YOU'LL WISH YOU KNEW BACK THEN WHAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW,
WISH YOU'D GIVEN HIM TIME TO SIT AWHILE,
TO REMINISCE AND SMILE.
DRINK HIS BEER, TELL LITTLE WHITE LIES
BRAG A BIT AND BOOST HIS PRIDE
BETTER HURRY UP LESS AND LISTEN MORE
BEFORE YOUR COUNTRY DADDY PASSES THRU LIFE'S DOOR.

BRIDGE-
DADDY, HERE'S YOUR SONG, A TOAST TO YOU,
AND OUR LONG LONG LONG AGO TEXAN ROOTS!
DADDY, SING ALONG! I'M SURE YOU'RE STILL AS STRONG...
'CAUSE MY DADDY WAS A COUNTRY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY,
COUNTRY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY MAN!

BEFORE MY COUNTRY DADDY PASSED THRU LIFE'S DOOR