He Didn't Have To Be-Leon Ferreira

[ti:He Didn't Have To Be] [ar:Leon Ferreira] [al:Almost There] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He Didn't Have To Be - Leon Ferreira [00:12.22]When a single mom goes out [00:14.41]On a date with somebody new [00:18.07]It always winds up feeling [00:20.48]More like a job interview [00:23.12] [00:24.15]My momma used to wonder [00:26.48]If she'd ever meet someone [00:29.92]Who wouldn't find out about me [00:32.92]And then turn around and run [00:35.94] [00:37.83]I met the man I call my dad [00:40.63]When I was five years old [00:43.25]He took my mom out to a movie [00:46.34]And for once I got to go [00:49.59]A few months later [00:51.19]I remember lying there in bed [00:55.38]I overheard him pop the question [00:58.51]And prayed that she'd say yes [01:01.42]And then all of a sudden [01:04.42]Oh it seemed so strange to me [01:07.55]How we went from something's missing [01:10.56]To a family [01:13.11] [01:14.99]Lookin' back all I can say [01:17.41]About all the things he did for me [01:25.37] [01:26.70]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [01:30.85]That he didn't have to be [01:33.46] [01:38.98]I met the girl that's now my wife [01:41.78]About three years ago [01:44.06] [01:44.87]We had the perfect marriage [01:47.57]But we wanted somethin' more [01:50.96]Now here I stand surrounded [01:53.33]By our family and friends [01:56.92]Crowded 'round the nursery window [02:00.04]As they bring the baby in [02:02.84]And now all of a sudden [02:05.54]No it seemed so strange to me [02:08.85]How we've gone [02:10.39]From something's missing [02:11.89]To a family [02:15.00] [02:16.17]Lookin' through the glass [02:17.78]I think about the man [02:20.32]That's standin' next to me [02:26.73] [02:27.99]And I hope I'm at least half the dad [02:32.25]That he didn't have to be [02:35.10] [02:46.87]Lookin' back all I can say [02:49.28]About all the things he did for me [02:57.23] [02:58.63]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [03:02.89]That he didn't have to be [03:05.39] [03:08.12]Yeah I hope I'm at least half the dad [03:12.17]That he didn't have to be [03:18.17] [03:24.62]He didn't have to be