You Had To Be There-Tim Mcgraw

[ti:You Had to Be There] [ar:Tim Mcgraw] [al:Southern Voice] [by:] [offset:0] [00:13.57]He sat down picked up the phone [00:16.27]Said Boy I'm your old man [00:19.80]He touched the glass between the two [00:22.93]As if to shake his hand [00:26.34]The boy he didn't budge [00:28.54]Not even so much as a blink [00:32.85]The man said Oh come on [00:34.99]Better late than never don't you think [00:38.62]He said I read it in the paper [00:42.01]Can't believe your twenty-one [00:45.60]Can't believe some son of mine [00:48.17]Could do the things I hear you've done [00:52.08]He went on like some big hero [00:55.49]Who flew in to save the day [00:58.58]And the boy said If you're here [01:01.34]To steer me right man it's too late [01:04.48]You had to be there [01:08.35]And I'm talking from day one [01:11.65]That's the only time a man [01:14.22]Should talk through glass to his new son [01:17.53]And you'd have to go back [01:20.89]And teach me how when I was nine [01:24.58]Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball [01:27.91]Even if she had the time [01:30.51]But I shoulda been learnin' how to fish [01:34.30]Instead of learnin' how to smoke [01:37.58]I bet if you'd whooped my tail [01:40.16]I'd never thought it was a joke [01:43.79]He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong [01:47.61]Is way too strong for any momma's prayers [01:56.70]You had to be there [02:04.09]The man said Boy I'm sorry [02:07.06]That you hate me like you do [02:10.64]The boy said Dry it up man [02:13.46]We ain't makin' this 'bout you [02:16.65]It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world [02:20.15]Who was left there high and dry [02:23.27]'Bout a kid who might've stood [02:25.99]A whole lot better shot at life [02:29.19]But you had to be there [02:33.09]And I'm talkin from day one [02:36.27]That's the only time a man [02:39.09]Should talk through glass to his new son [02:42.15]And you'd have to go back [02:45.53]And teach me how when I was nine [02:49.27]Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball [02:52.62]Even if she had the time [02:55.07]I shoulda been learnin' how to fish [02:59.08]Instead of learnin' how to smoke [03:02.28]I bet if you'd whooped my tail [03:04.91]I'd never thought it was a joke [03:08.48]He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong [03:11.43] [03:12.47]Is way too strong for any momma's prayers [03:20.56] [03:21.43]You had to be there [03:28.84]The boy stood up hung up the phone [03:31.84]Said They say I'm out of time [03:35.34]And it hit the man right then and there [03:38.35]My God son so am I