Daddy Cut My Hair-Gary Chapman

[ti:Daddy Cut My Hair] [ar:Gary Chapman] [al:The Best Of Gary Chapman: After God's Own Heart] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Daddy Cut My Hair - Gary Chapman [00:05.22]Lyricist：Michael Kelly Blanchard [00:10.44]Composer：Michael Kelly Blanchard [00:15.66]Daddy cut my hair [00:18.13] [00:19.31]Didn't care for style [00:21.67] [00:22.97]He'd just snip and snip [00:24.99] [00:25.82]And sweep it in a pile [00:28.63] [00:29.83]I could not keep still [00:32.24] [00:33.16]But he would understand [00:35.71] [00:36.54]Some things are just known [00:39.07]Between a boy and a man [00:43.63] [00:45.61]Right there in the middle [00:47.56] [00:48.20]Of our kitchen's cluttered floor [00:50.85] [00:51.68]In the middle of the fifties [00:54.37] [00:55.02]In between a couple wars [00:58.00] [00:58.87]He'd get out his old scorched [01:01.28]Shirt and wrap it round my neck [01:04.56] [01:05.86]And he would be so close to me [01:08.55] [01:09.09]I'd smell the coffee on his breath [01:12.06] [01:13.16]He would be so close to me [01:16.11] [01:21.09]We had a fallin' out [01:23.09] [01:24.27]I don't remember why [01:26.73] [01:27.88]But every time I think on it [01:30.84]There's water in my eyes [01:34.23] [01:34.82]We said some awful things [01:37.22] [01:38.11]He ordered me to leave [01:40.65] [01:41.31]For years [01:42.19]My sister wrote about [01:44.71]How hard my mother grieved [01:48.67] [01:50.42]Second tour of duty [01:52.62] [01:53.26]When the thrill had long been gone [01:56.25] [01:56.79]I started giving haircuts [01:59.98]To my buddies there in Nam [02:03.02] [02:03.96]The wire came on Friday [02:06.07] [02:06.76]I was cutting Jo Jo's hair [02:09.57] [02:10.50]We buried mom on Wednesday [02:13.27] [02:13.82]Dad was happy I was there [02:16.65] [02:18.10]We buried mom on Wednesday [02:20.67] [02:27.89]He never did remarry [02:29.98] [02:30.86]Traveled quite a bit [02:33.01] [02:34.00]As a father still some distance [02:36.70] [02:37.25]But as a grandpa quite a hit [02:39.87] [02:41.05]The stroke was unexpected [02:43.55] [02:44.22]There is so much to relearn [02:46.66] [02:47.56]He gets around with just a cane [02:51.01]But his speech has not returned [02:55.15] [03:15.27]Now I cut daddy's hair [03:17.44] [03:18.76]He still don't care for style [03:21.19] [03:22.13]I snip and snip the memories [03:25.48]And I sweep them in a pile [03:28.72] [03:30.66]I don't say a word [03:32.47] [03:33.49]He smiles when I'm done [03:35.84] [03:37.07]Some things are just known [03:39.67]Between a father and his son [03:44.03] [03:46.53]Right there in the middle [03:48.49] [03:49.07]Of our kitchen's cluttered floor [03:51.94] [03:53.22]In my middle forties [03:55.24] [03:56.18]I feel the ache once more [03:58.93] [03:59.64]For all the years [04:01.14]Our anger kept us far apart [04:05.35] [04:06.36]Thank God that there's forgiveness to mend a broken heart [04:12.78] [04:13.86]Thank God that there's forgiveness