Daddy Said What He Meant (4:25)

DADDY SAID WHAT HE MEANT

IN THAT LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN THAT I GREW UP IN
THERE WAS A STRIP PIT HOLE WHICH WE LOVED TO SWIM
DADDY FOUND OUT I WAS GOING AND HE LAID THE LAW DOWN
HE SAID THAT ONE PLACE YOU BETTER NOT BE FOUND

I WAS SWINGING ON THE ROPE WHEN HE SHOWED UP AND I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY
AND ON THAT LONG RIDE HOME IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY

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DADDY SAID WHAT THE MEAN’T AND MEAN’T WHAT HE SAID
MOST OF WHAT HE TOLD ME WENT OVER MY HEAD
OH HE NEVER SAID A LOT BUT BUDDY YOU COULD BET
DADDY SAID WHAT HE MEAN’T AND MEAN’T WHAT HE SAID

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BOBBY BARNETTE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE
HE WAS INTO SOMETHING MOST ALL OF THE TIME
DADDY SAID HE’S TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T
AND WHEN YOU WIND UP IN THE JAIL DON’T BE CALLING ME

LATE ONE NIGHT I HAD TO MAKE THAT CALL AND I CAN STILL HEAR HIM ON THE LINE
HE SAID BOY I TRIED TO WARN YOU NOW YOU’LL HAVE TO DO THE TIME

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DADDY TOLD ME WHEN IT CAME HIS TIME TO GO
AND THE GOOD LORD WAS READY TO TAKE HIS SOUL
NOT TO LET EM KEEP HIM LIVING JUST TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
WHAT’S THE USE IN LIVING WHEN YOU AIN’T GOT A LIFE

I REMEMEMBER IT WELL WHEN THAT DAY CAME AND WE WERE STANDING ROUND HIS BED
THEY ASKED US ABOUT LIFE SUPPORT AND WE JUST SHOOK OUR HEADS

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DADDY SAID WHAT HE MEAN’T AND MEAN’T WHAT HE SAID

GERALD SMITH-MELODY ROUNDUP MUSIC(BMI)
LARRY WILLIAMS
WADE BATTLE