[ti:He Didn't Have To Be]
[ar:Brad Paisley]
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[00:14.33]When a single mom goes out
[00:16.63]On a date with somebody new
[00:20.86]It always winds up feeling more
[00:23.97]Like a job interview
[00:26.60]
[00:27.37]My momma used to wonder
[00:30.22]If she'd ever meet someone
[00:33.95]Who wouldn't find out about me
[00:36.79]And then turn around and run
[00:40.19]
[00:42.64]I met the man I call my dad
[00:45.48]When I was five years old
[00:48.28]He took my mom out to a movie
[00:51.54]And for once I got to go
[00:55.43]A few months later I remember lying there in bed
[01:01.49]I overheard him pop the question
[01:05.15]And prayed that she'd say yes
[01:08.09]And then all of a sudden
[01:10.92]Oh it seemed so strange to me
[01:14.82]How we went from something's missing
[01:17.84]To a family
[01:21.03]
[01:22.47]Lookin' back all I can say
[01:24.99]About all the things he did for me
[01:34.06]
[01:34.93]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
[01:39.68]That he didn't have to be
[01:44.23]
[01:48.32]I met the girl that's now
[01:50.35]My wife about three years ago
[01:53.80]
[01:54.47]We had the perfect marriage
[01:57.15]But we wanted somethin' more
[02:01.05]Now here
[02:01.87]I stand surrounded by our family and friends
[02:07.26]Crowded 'round the nursery window
[02:10.77]As they bring the baby in
[02:13.86]And now all of a sudden
[02:17.00]It seemed so strange to me
[02:20.64]How we've gone from something's missing
[02:23.54]To a family
[02:26.99]
[02:28.17]Lookin' through the glass I think about the man
[02:32.57]That's standin' next to me
[02:39.51]
[02:40.38]And I hope I'm at least half the dad
[02:45.38]That he didn't have to be
[02:49.92]
[03:01.03]Lookin' back all I can say
[03:03.64]About all the things he did for me
[03:13.20]
[03:13.84]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
[03:18.32]That he didn't have to be
[03:22.53]
[03:23.78]Yeah I hope I'm at least half the dad
[03:28.10]That he didn't have to be
[03:32.40]
[03:34.76]Because he didn't have to be
[03:39.60]
[03:41.32]You know he didn't have to be