He Didn't Have to Be-Simply The Best

[ti:He Didn't Have to Be] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Essential Country: Cowboy Classics, Vol. 61] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He Didn't Have to Be - Simply The Best [00:14.68]When a single mom goes out [00:17.44]On a date with somebody new [00:20.12] [00:21.12]It always winds up feeling more [00:24.21]Like a job interview [00:25.96] [00:27.97]My momma used to wonder [00:29.86] [00:30.48]If she'd ever meet someone [00:32.54] [00:33.74]Who wouldn't find out about me [00:36.33] [00:37.11]And then turn around and run [00:39.48] [00:42.88]I met the man I call my dad [00:45.69]When I was five years old [00:47.48] [00:48.46]He took my mom out to a movie [00:51.07] [00:52.22]And for once I got to go [00:54.27] [00:55.97]A few months later [00:57.23]I remember lying there in bed [01:00.54] [01:01.44]I overheard him pop the question [01:04.05] [01:05.20]And prayed that she'd say yes [01:07.71] [01:08.48]And then all of a sudden [01:10.74] [01:11.33]Oh it seemed so strange to me [01:13.86] [01:14.77]How we went [01:16.28]From something's missing [01:17.35] [01:17.90]To a family [01:18.81] [01:22.46]Looking back all I can say [01:24.33] [01:24.91]About all the things he did for me [01:28.66] [01:35.34]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [01:38.47] [01:39.56]That he didn't have to be [01:41.57] [01:48.01]I met the girl that's now [01:50.12]My wife about three years ago [01:52.82] [01:54.20]We had the perfect marriage [01:56.64] [01:57.15]We wanted something more [01:59.18] [02:00.71]Now here [02:01.62]I stand surrounded [02:02.60] [02:03.69]By our family and friends [02:06.33] [02:06.94]Crowded ground the nursery window [02:09.48] [02:10.29]As they bring the baby in [02:12.33] [02:13.46]And now all of a sudden [02:16.84]It seemed so strange to me [02:19.10] [02:20.13]How we've gone [02:21.51]From something's missing [02:23.30]To a family [02:25.54] [02:27.73]Looking through the glass [02:29.39]I think about the man [02:31.75]That's standing next to me [02:36.86] [02:40.54]And I hope I'm at least half the dad [02:43.96] [02:44.96]That he didn't have to be [02:48.22] [03:00.55]Looking back all I can say [03:02.50] [03:03.17]About all the things he did for me [03:07.08] [03:13.12]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [03:16.67] [03:17.87]That he didn't have to be [03:19.63] [03:23.20]I hope I'm at least half the dad [03:26.57] [03:27.48]You didn't have to be [03:29.70] [03:34.06]Cause You didn't have to be [03:35.76] [03:40.40]You konw you didn't have to be