[ti:Daddy Could Swear, I Declare (Single Version)]
[ar:Gladys Knight & The Pips]
[al:The Best Of Gladys Knight & The Pips]
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[00:00.00]Daddy Could Swear, I Declare - Gladys Knight/The Pips
[00:05.95]Written by：Merald Wood
[00:11.90]Yeah ooh my mercy
[00:15.62]Oh how I remember daddy
[00:19.20]He was young and had a built in tan yeah
[00:23.15]And though he only stood about a five feet seven
[00:26.93]My daddy was a heck of a man yes he was y'all
[00:30.74]He loved us all and we knew it yeah
[00:34.35]Though he showed it in a very funny way
[00:38.26]For most of the time he was a cussin' and fussin'
[00:41.91]When he said what he had to say
[00:44.35]Na na na na na
[00:46.18]Daddy couldn't read daddy couldn't write
[00:49.71]But one thing daddy sure could do right
[00:53.00]He could swear
[00:56.07]Oh lord I declare
[00:58.85]Yes he could y'all
[01:00.14]Daddy could swear
[01:04.41]I declare ooh have mercy
[01:08.69]I still remember seein' him in the backyard
[01:12.08]Just a pickin' and a paintin' away
[01:15.94]Ooh my brothers and sisters still talk about
[01:19.10]How daddy lost his temper that day
[01:23.33]You see he built a picket fence from the garage to the house
[01:27.44]Well sam tell me what I say
[01:31.29]The same day the garbage man backed into the fence
[01:34.87]And the whole darn thing gave way
[01:37.48]You should have been there
[01:38.95]Daddy couldn't read daddy couldn't write
[01:43.10]One thing daddy sure could do right
[01:46.17]He could swear I declare
[01:51.98]Yes he could y'all
[01:53.42]Daddy could swear I declare
[02:00.52]Yes he could y'all
[02:02.32]Tell 'em about tell about your daddy
[02:05.43]My daddy was a bad mouth y'all
[02:07.07]What's you say watch your mouth
[02:09.06]My daddy was a bad mouth y'all
[02:10.83]What's you say watch your mouth
[02:12.66]My daddy was a bad mouth y'all
[02:14.50]What's you say watch your mouth
[02:16.11]Ooo no
[02:22.76]My my my my daddy wasn't no scholar no
[02:27.63]No he didn't have PHD
[02:31.61]But in my eyes and deep down in my heart
[02:35.35]My daddy means the world to me
[02:39.19]He'll probably go out talkin' about daddy
[02:41.73]Cursin' just a fussin' and a bein' mad
[02:46.87]But I hope the good lord tell my daddy will understand
[02:50.02]That my daddy's is just bein' my dad
[02:52.70]Na na na na na
[02:54.44]Daddy couldn't read daddy couldn't write
[02:58.09]But one thing daddy sure could do right
[03:01.47]He could swear
[03:04.29]No no I declare y'all
[03:08.32]Yes he could
[03:09.28]He could swear
[03:12.65]I declare
[03:15.03]Have mercy
[03:16.71]Cursin' just a fussin' I declare
[03:18.46]That my daddy's
[03:19.36]That daddy's
[03:20.30]He could swear y'all
[03:21.38]He could swear
[03:22.10]Talkin' about daddy
[03:23.14]Talkin' about daddy
[03:24.08]I declare y'all
[03:25.08]I declare
[03:25.83]That my daddy's
[03:26.83]That my daddy's
[03:27.60]Ooo no
[03:28.49]My mercy
[03:29.63]Talkin' about daddy
[03:30.59]Talkin' about daddy
[03:31.54]I declare y'all
[03:32.57]I declare
[03:33.23]That my daddy's
[03:34.20]That my daddy's
[03:35.17]He could swear y'all
[03:36.28]He could swear
[03:37.14]Talkin' about daddy