He Didn't Have To Be-Hit Crew Masters

[ti:He Didn't Have to Be] [ar:Hit Crew Masters] [al:Southern Country Songwriter Favorites, Vol. 18] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He Didn't Have To Be - Hit Crew Masters [00:14.61]When a single mom goes out [00:16.66]On a date with somebody new [00:20.76]It always winds up feeling [00:22.71]More like a job interview [00:26.10] [00:27.60]My momma used to wonder [00:29.74] [00:30.30]If she'd ever meet someone [00:33.02] [00:34.12]Who wouldn't find out about me [00:36.92] [00:37.43]And then turn around and run [00:39.88] [00:41.88]I met the man I call my dad [00:45.74]When I was five years old [00:48.13]He took my mom out to a movie [00:51.25] [00:52.02]And for once I got to go [00:54.44] [00:55.39]A few months later [00:56.98]I remember lying there in bed [01:00.71] [01:01.32]I overheard him pop the question [01:04.36] [01:04.95]And prayed that she'd say yes [01:07.49] [01:08.12]And then all of a sudden [01:10.99]Oh it seemed so strange to me [01:14.47]How we went from something's missing [01:17.55]To a family [01:19.60] [01:22.38]Looking back all I can say [01:24.72]About all the things he did for me [01:32.76] [01:34.94]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [01:38.70] [01:39.60]That he didn't have to be [01:41.89] [01:47.83]I met the girl that's now [01:49.84]My wife about three years ago [01:53.13] [01:54.33]We had the perfect marriage [01:56.66] [01:57.34]But we wanted something more [01:59.61] [02:00.96]Now here I stand surrounded [02:03.44]By our family and friends [02:06.24] [02:07.01]Crowded around the nursery window [02:09.80] [02:10.67]As they bring the baby in [02:12.86] [02:13.59]And now all of a sudden [02:16.44]It seemed so strange to me [02:19.75]How we've gone from something's missing [02:23.11]To a family [02:25.31] [02:27.45]Looking through the glass [02:29.35]I think about the man [02:32.02]That's standing next to me [02:38.59] [02:40.51]And I hope I'm at least half the dad [02:44.07] [02:45.06]That he didn't have to be [02:47.48] [03:00.77]Looking back all I can say [03:03.20]About all the things he did for me [03:11.54] [03:13.21]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [03:16.75] [03:17.72]That he didn't have to be [03:20.66] [03:24.42]That he didn't have to be [03:26.67] [03:30.86]No we didn't have to be