He Didn't Have to Be-The Mick Lloyd Connection

[ti:He Didn't Have to Be] [ar:The Mick Lloyd Connection] [al:Songs of a Parent's Love, Volume 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He Didn't Have to Be - The Mick Lloyd Connection [00:15.35]When a single mom goes out [00:17.30] [00:17.90]On a date with somebody new [00:20.27] [00:21.44]It always winds up feeling more [00:23.75] [00:24.42]Like a job interview [00:26.51] [00:28.45]My momma used to wonder [00:30.54] [00:31.26]If she'd ever meet someone [00:33.74] [00:34.92]Who wouldn't find out about me [00:37.27] [00:38.19]And then turn around and run [00:40.20] [00:43.15]I met the man I call my dad [00:45.94] [00:46.58]When I was five years old [00:48.46] [00:49.18]He took my mom out to a movie [00:52.05]And for once I got to go [00:54.74] [00:56.16]A few months later I remember lying there in bed [01:01.36] [01:02.20]I overheard him pop the question [01:04.80] [01:05.99]And prayed that she'd say yes [01:08.06] [01:08.95]And then all of a sudden [01:11.29] [01:11.94]Oh it seemed so strange to me [01:14.60] [01:15.25]How we went from something's missing [01:18.35]To a family [01:19.64] [01:22.04]Lookin' back all I can say [01:25.15] [01:25.68]About all the things he did for me [01:32.71] [01:35.92]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [01:39.17] [01:40.54]That he didn't have to be [01:42.25] [01:49.39]I met the girl that's now [01:51.09]My wife about three years ago [01:53.88] [01:55.22]We had the perfect marriage [01:57.34] [01:57.94]But we wanted somethin' more [02:00.28] [02:01.77]Now here [02:02.54]I stand surrounded by our family and friends [02:07.05] [02:07.90]Crowded 'round the nursery window [02:10.43] [02:11.48]As they bring the baby in [02:13.54] [02:14.41]And now all of a sudden [02:16.88] [02:17.40]It seemed so strange to me [02:20.13] [02:20.77]How we've gone from something's missing [02:24.01]To a family [02:25.48] [02:28.34]Lookin' through the glass I think about the man [02:32.26] [02:32.96]That's standin' next to me [02:38.67] [02:41.42]And I hope I'm at least half the dad [02:44.66] [02:45.98]That he didn't have to be [02:47.73] [03:01.83]Lookin' back all I can say [03:03.52] [03:04.05]About all the things he did for me [03:07.58] [03:14.09]Is I hope I'm at least half the dad [03:17.53] [03:18.61]That he didn't have to be [03:20.41] [03:25.27]That he didn't have to be [03:26.95] [03:31.81]You know he didn't have to be