Daddy Said Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

Oh, I used to wish I was a hard line taker 

They'd say, six to one a half dozen'll break her 

Till I fell in love with a young man who sang the blues 

Oh, bless my daddy, he warned me well 

He'd whisper in my ear, he said, "Now look out, gal 

There's always a ne'er do well gonna call you the fool" 

He said, "You'll never learn to fish on a borrowed line 

You'll never learn to write if you're walkin' 'round cryin' 

And it's a pity that you're lover died young 

But you'll never get tired of livin' alone" 

So, now I dream of the lover that I don't know 

It's safer this way 'cuz I don't have to go 

And he won't come so nobody goes away 

Sometimes I wish for the warmth of his hand 

Take a look in these eyes and understand 

I'm just a little too old to be a-learnin' the rules of the game 

He said, "You'll never learn to fish on a borrowed line 

You'll never learn to write if you're walkin' 'round cryin' 

And it's a pity that you're lover died young 

But you'll never get tired of livin' alone" 

Oh, maybe I could take him to Mexico 

We'd kick our heels in the warm cloudy gulf 

He'd sing a song about the weather in the Poconos 

This lover that I don't know 

Then two hearts would pound 'stead of one in the night 

I'd learn to fish with my own line 

Catch my dream and hope that line would hold 

He said, "You'll never learn to fish on a borrowed line 

You'll never learn to write if you're walkin' 'round cryin' 

And it's a pity that you're lover died young 

But you'll never get tired of livin' alone" 

No, I never get tired of livin' alone 

Sometimes my feet get cold when I'm livin' alone