He sat down, picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man.
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He touched the glass between the two, as if to shake his hand
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The boy he didn't budge, not even so much as a blink
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The man said oh come on, better late than never, don't ya think.
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He said I read it in the paper, can't believe you're 21,
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I can't believe some son of mine could do the things I hear you've done.
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He went on like some big hero, who flew in to save the day
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And the boy said if your here, to steer me right, man, its too late
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You had to be there, and I'm talkin from from day one.
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Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son
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And you'd have to go back, and teach me how when i was nine
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Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time.
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I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke.
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I bet if you'd of whoopped my tail, i'd never thought it was a joke
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He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayers
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You had to be there.
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The man said, boy I'm sorry that you hate me like you do
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The boy said dry it up man, we ain't making this about you.
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Its about a teenage girl against the world who was left there high and dry
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About a kid who might have stood a whole lot better shot at life, but
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You Had To Be There
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And I'm talking from day one,
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Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son
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You'd have to go back and teach me how when I was nine
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Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time.
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I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke
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I bet if you'd of whooped my tail I'd never thought it was a joke
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Sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayer
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You had to be there.
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Before the boy hung up the phone, he said they say me I'm out of time
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And it hit the man, right there and then
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My god son, so am I
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You Had To Be There
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Tim McGraw |