Song Description

The singer laments the strictness of his/her just deceased father.

Lyrics

Daddy, Why?d You Have to be so Hard?
Words & Music by Winston Montgomery


Verse:
I saw you on the day you died
I told myself I wouldn?t cry
Why should I waste the tears?

Momma was grasping at your hand
I know she deserved a better man
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?

Verse:
You bragged about your hardscrabble youth
Dry earth, dry wells and chicken coops
But telling lies was the one thing you enjoyed

Maybe I could understand
If you had been a drinking man
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?

Chorus:
Why?d you always have to hurt the ones who loved you so?
The ones who?ll need a lifetime to forgive
We all might have had better days
If you had simply walked away
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?

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Verse:
I heard the preacher praise your name
Talk about your local fame
But only his boss knew the real you


I looked at Mama and she was in shock
I hope that coffin?s double locked
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?

Verse:
When you whupped me when I was bad
Maybe you were thinking about your Dad
Your eyes were miles and miles away

I could have been a better son
But that strap didn?t help me none
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?

Verse:
As they returned you to the earth
I had to ask what it was worth
I know how unhappy you must have been
Even though you?ve ceased to be
I hear your voice inside of me
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?
Daddy, why?d you have to be so hard?