Dad Songtext
von The Statler Brothers

They say he held me just the way new Daddy′s always do
Kinda like he was afraid I would break in two
And everything he did would make me laugh so I've been told
He bought a war bond in my name when I was 2 weeks old

He never made me button up, or made sure I wore a hat
PTA and Sunday School, Mama did all that
I know now that he wanted to do more than he did
But I had no way of knowing then, cause I was just a kid

He taught me how to drive a car and fire a 16 gauge
He taught me how to shoot 9 ball before I was of age
He taught me how to bluff a straight while holding just pair
He never had all the answers, but he was always there


He never took me fishin′, or mentioned birds and bees
And I can count on one hand the times he raised his voice at me
He had an edge on education, and wisdom was his tool
He could tell two days before it snowed
And you can't learn that in school

He taught me how to tie a tie and read an almanac
He taught me how to catch a horse and how to ride him back
He told me, "Son a woman will get madder at you
For something you don't do to her than for something that you do."

So dad if you can hear us, if there′s radio′s up there
Turn it up and listen, your boys are on the air
We never could repay you, no matter what we do
But we wrote this song and sang it, and we did it just for you