He Didn't Have To Be
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Brad Paisley
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(muffled speaking over intercom)
♪ When a single mom goes
out on a date with ♪
♪ Somebody new ♪
♪ It always winds up feeling
more like a job interview ♪
♪ My mama used to wonder if she'd ♪
♪ Ever meet someone ♪
♪ Who wouldn't find
out about me and then ♪
♪ Turn around and run ♪
♪ I met the man I called my
dad when I was five years old ♪
♪ He took my mom out to a movie ♪
♪ And for once I got to go ♪
♪ A few months later I remember ♪
♪ Lying in there in bed ♪
♪ I overheard him pop the question ♪
♪ And I prayed that she'd say yes ♪
♪ And then ♪
♪ All of sudden ♪
♪ It seems so strange to me ♪
♪ How we went from something's
missing to a family ♪
♪ Looking back, all I can say about ♪
♪ All the things he did for me ♪
♪ Is I hope I'm least ♪
♪ Half the dad ♪
♪ That he didn't have to be ♪
♪ I met the girl who's now my
wife about three years ago ♪
♪ We had the perfect marriage ♪
♪ But we wanted something more ♪
♪ Now here I stand surrounded by ♪
♪ Our family and friends crowded around ♪
♪ The nursery window as
they bring the baby in ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ All of a sudden ♪
♪ It seems so strange to me ♪
♪ How we've gone from
something's missing to family ♪
♪ Looking through the glass,
I think about the man ♪
♪ Standing next to me ♪
♪ And I hope I'm at least half the dad ♪
♪ That he didn't have to be ♪
(soft guitar)
♪ And looking back, all I can say about ♪
♪ All the things he did for me ♪
♪ Is I hope I'm at least half the dad ♪
♪ That he didn't have to be ♪
♪ Because he didn't have to be ♪
♪ You know he didn't have to be ♪
