The Chi-Lites - Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was lyrics

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He's worth more<br />

Than every star in the sky<br />

With that look of forgiveness<br />

That's always in his eyes<br />

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He works so hard<br />

But gentle as a lamb<br />

He gave up so much<br />

To make me just what I am and, oh<br />

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Oh, let me be<br />

The man my daddy was<br />

Oh, let me be<br />

The man my daddy was<br />

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When I was young<br />

Sometimes foolishly I played<br />

But he reached out and, oh<br />

Showed me the way<br />

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Now he's only human<br />

And bound to make mistakes<br />

But it was all right<br />

By the moment I would awake and, oh<br />

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Oh, let me be<br />

The man my daddy was<br />

Oh, let me be<br />

The man my daddy was<br />

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Sometimes I hope<br />

I don't live to see the day<br />

When he reaches down<br />

And take them both away<br />

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And look at my children<br />

Sometimes foolishly they play<br />

Let me live long enough<br />

Let me show them the way<br />

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My clothes were sometimes untidy<br />

And that bed was never made<br />

But mom and dad would scold me good<br />

Never doubted I've made the grade<br />

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But now that I'm a man<br />

I ask the Lord up above<br />

Please let me raise my children right<br />

And be the man my daddy was and, oh<br />

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Oh, let me be<br />

The man my daddy was<br />

Oh, let me be<br />

The man my daddy was<br />

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He was a good man<br />

He was a poor man<br />

Oh, let me be<br /><br />