Don't Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was (Live)-The Chi-Lites

[ti:Don't Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was] [ar:The Chi-Lites] [al:The Very Best of Soul: 30 Great Performances By the Four Tops, Whispers, Delfonics and More] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was (Live) - The Chi-Lites [00:26.26]He's worth more [00:28.12] [00:28.77]Than every star in the sky [00:32.35] [00:35.09]With that look of forgiveness [00:37.69] [00:38.42]That's always in his eyes [00:40.83] [00:43.19]He works so hard [00:44.99] [00:45.63]But gentle as a lamb [00:49.25] [00:51.68]Gave up so much [00:53.51] [00:54.43]To make me just what I am and oh [00:59.51] [01:00.05]Oh let me be [01:01.66] [01:02.73]The man my daddy was [01:06.02] [01:08.16]Oh let me be [01:09.88] [01:10.91]The man my daddy was [01:14.08] [01:16.54]When I was young [01:18.00] [01:18.99]Sometimes foolishly I played [01:22.62] [01:25.42]But he reached out and oh [01:28.34] [01:29.36]Showed me the way [01:31.09] [01:33.43]Now he's only human [01:34.86] [01:37.11]Bound to make mistakes [01:39.39] [01:41.89]But it was all right [01:43.61] [01:44.60]By the moment I would awake and oh [01:49.42] [01:50.15]Oh let me be [01:52.03] [01:52.89]The man my daddy was [01:56.07] [01:58.41]Oh let me be [02:00.27] [02:01.17]The man my daddy was [02:03.83] [02:06.74]Sometimes I hope [02:08.67] [02:09.95]I don't live to see the day [02:12.60] [02:15.39]When he reaches down [02:17.51] [02:18.68]Take them both away [02:20.82] [02:23.71]Look at my children [02:25.53] [02:27.11]Sometimes foolishly they play [02:29.84] [02:32.17]Let me live long enough [02:34.57]Let me show them the way [02:38.22] [02:39.90]My clothes were sometimes untidy [02:42.28] [02:43.83]That bed was never made [02:45.98] [02:48.61]Mom and dad would scold me good [02:50.84] [02:52.22]Never doubted I've made the grade [02:54.56] [02:57.38]Now that I'm a man [02:59.18] [03:00.72]I ask the Lord up above [03:03.20] [03:04.99]Please let me raise my children right [03:07.55] [03:08.35]Be the man my daddy was oh [03:12.70] [03:13.81]Oh let me be [03:15.36] [03:16.61]The man my daddy was [03:19.74] [03:22.17]Oh let me be [03:24.13] [03:24.85]The man my daddy was [03:27.88] [03:28.48]He was a good man [03:29.96] [03:30.78]He was a good man [03:32.87]He was a poor man [03:34.27] [03:34.80]He was a fine man [03:38.71] [03:41.16]He was a poor man [03:43.01] [04:55.24]Oh let me be [04:56.86] [04:58.45]The man my daddy was [05:00.78] [05:01.64]He was a good man [05:02.72] [05:05.61]He was a poor man [05:06.82] [05:09.90]He was a good man [05:11.04] [05:18.00]He was a poor man [05:19.03] [05:22.05]He was a good man