Tim Mcgraw - You Had To Be There lyrics

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He sat down, picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man. <br />He touched the glass between the two, as if to shake his hand <br />The boy he didn't budge, not even so much as a blink <br />The man said oh come on, better late than never, don't ya think. <br /> <br />He said I read it in the paper, can't believe you're 21, <br />I can't believe some son of mine could do the things I hear you've done. <br />He went on like some big hero, who flew in to save the day <br />And the boy said if your here, to steer me right, man, its too late <br /> <br />You had to be there, and I'm talkin from from day one. <br />Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son <br />And you'd have to go back, and teach me how when i was nine <br />Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time. <br />I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke. <br />I bet if you'd of whoopped my tail, i'd never thought it was a joke <br />He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayers <br />You had to be there. <br /> <br />The man said, boy I'm sorry that you hate me like you do <br />The boy said dry it up man, we ain't making this about you. <br />Its about a teenage girl against the world who was left there high and dry <br />About a kid who might have stood a whole lot better shot at life, but <br />You Had To Be There <br />And I'm talking from day one, <br /> <br />Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son <br />You'd have to go back and teach me how when I was nine <br />Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time. <br />I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke <br />I bet if you'd of whooped my tail I'd never thought it was a joke <br />Sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayer <br />You had to be there. <br /> <br />Before the boy hung up the phone, he said they say me I'm out of time <br />And it hit the man, right there and then <br />My god son, so am I<br /><br />