- You Had To Be There
- Tim McGraw
- Southern Voice
- Tim McGraw - You Had To Be There
- He sat down, picked up the phone
- Said Boy, I'm your old man.
- Touched the glass between the two,
- As if to shake his hand.
- The boy, he didn't budge
- Not even so much as a blink.
- The man said Oh come on,
- Better late than never, don't you think?
- He said I read it in the paper,
- Can't believe your twenty-one.
- Can't believe some son of mine
- Could do the things I hear you've done.
- Went on like some big hero
- Who flew in to save the day.
- The boy said If you're here
- To steer me right, man, it's too late.
- You had to be there
- And I'm talkin from day one.
- That's the only time a man
- Should talk through glass to his new son
- And you'd have to go back
- And teach me how when I was nine
- Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
- Even if she had the time.
- I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
- Instead of learnin' how to smoke.
- I bet if you'd whooped my tail
- I'd never thought it was a joke.
- He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
- Is way too strong for any momma's prayers.
- You had to be there.
- The man said Boy I'm sorry
- That you hate me like you do.
- The boy said Dry it up man.
- We ain't makin' this 'bout you.
- It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world
- Who was left there high and dry.
- 'Bout a kid who might've stood
- A whole lot better shot at life.
- But you had to be there
- And I'm talkin from day one.
- That's the only time a man
- Should talk through glass to his new son
- And you'd have to go back
- And teach me how when I was nine
- Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
- Even if she had the time.
- I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
- Instead of learnin' how to smoke.
- I bet if you'd whooped my tail
- I'd never thought it was a joke.
- He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
- Is way too strong for any momma's prayers.
- You had to be there.
- The boy stood up, hung up the phone
- Said They say I'm out of time.
- It hit the man, right then and there
- My God, son, so am I.
- [ti:You Had To Be There]
- [ar:Tim McGraw]
- [al:Southern Voice]
- [00:01.12]Tim McGraw - You Had To Be There
- [00:05.89]
- [00:14.89]He sat down, picked up the phone
- [00:17.75]Said Boy, I'm your old man.
- [00:21.11]Touched the glass between the two,
- [00:24.35]As if to shake his hand.
- [00:27.70]The boy, he didn't budge
- [00:29.89]Not even so much as a blink.
- [00:33.88]The man said Oh come on,
- [00:36.42]Better late than never, don't you think?
- [00:39.87]He said I read it in the paper,
- [00:43.25]Can't believe your twenty-one.
- [00:46.95]Can't believe some son of mine
- [00:49.60]Could do the things I hear you've done.
- [00:53.34]Went on like some big hero
- [00:56.30]Who flew in to save the day.
- [00:59.96]The boy said If you're here
- [01:02.89]To steer me right, man, it's too late.
- [01:05.61]
- [01:05.98]You had to be there
- [01:09.72]And I'm talkin from day one.
- [01:13.07]That's the only time a man
- [01:15.86]Should talk through glass to his new son
- [01:19.40]And you'd have to go back
- [01:22.27]And teach me how when I was nine
- [01:25.97]Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
- [01:29.97]Even if she had the time.
- [01:31.90]I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
- [01:35.77]Instead of learnin' how to smoke.
- [01:38.95]I bet if you'd whooped my tail
- [01:41.68]I'd never thought it was a joke.
- [01:45.05]He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
- [01:48.96]Is way too strong for any momma's prayers.
- [01:58.08]You had to be there.
- [02:01.75]
- [02:05.46]The man said Boy I'm sorry
- [02:08.34]That you hate me like you do.
- [02:11.58]The boy said Dry it up man.
- [02:14.86]We ain't makin' this 'bout you.
- [02:18.10]It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world
- [02:21.58]Who was left there high and dry.
- [02:24.65]'Bout a kid who might've stood
- [02:27.42]A whole lot better shot at life.
- [02:30.23]
- [02:30.57]But you had to be there
- [02:34.53]And I'm talkin from day one.
- [02:37.77]That's the only time a man
- [02:41.06]Should talk through glass to his new son
- [02:43.75]And you'd have to go back
- [02:46.98]And teach me how when I was nine
- [02:50.66]Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
- [02:54.03]Even if she had the time.
- [02:56.61]I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
- [03:00.42]Instead of learnin' how to smoke.
- [03:03.80]I bet if you'd whooped my tail
- [03:06.66]I'd never thought it was a joke.
- [03:09.81]He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
- [03:13.96]Is way too strong for any momma's prayers.
- [03:22.76]You had to be there.
- [03:26.81]
- [03:30.18]The boy stood up, hung up the phone
- [03:33.09]Said They say I'm out of time.
- [03:36.64]It hit the man, right then and there
- [03:39.75]My God, son, so am I.
- [03:46.44]