You Had To Be There Lyrics - Southern Voice - Tim Mcgraw

He sat down, picked up the phone 

And said, "Boy, I'm your old man" 

He touched the glass between the two 

As if to shake his hand 

The boy, he didn't budge 

Not even so much as a blink 

The man said, "Oh, come on 

Better late than never, don't you think?" 

He said, "I read it in the paper 

Can't believe you're 21 

Can't believe some son of mine 

Could do the things I hear you've done" 

He went on like some big hero 

Who flew in to save the day 

And the boy said, "If you're here 

To steer me right, man, it's too late" 

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"You had to be there 

And I'm talkin' from day one 

That's the only time a man should talk 

Through glass to his new son" 

"And you'd have to go back 

And teach me how when I was nine 

'Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball 

Even if she had the time" 

"And I should have been learnin' how to fish 

Instead of learnin' how to smoke 

I bet if you'd have whooped my tail 

I'd never thought it was a joke" 

He said, "Sometimes the will 

For doin' wrong is way too strong 

For any Mama's prayers 

You had to be there" 

The man said, "Boy, I'm sorry 

That you hate me like you do" 

The boy said, "Dry it up, man 

We ain't makin' this about you" 

"It's about a teenage girl against the world 

Who was left there high and dry 

About a kid who might have stood 

A whole lot better shot at life" 

"But you had to be there 

And I'm talkin' from day one 

That's the only time a man should talk 

Through glass to his new son" 

"You'd have to go back 

And teach me how when I was nine 

'Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball 

Even if she had the time" 

"I should have been learnin' how to fish 

Instead of learnin' how to smoke 

I bet if you'd have whooped my tail 

I'd never thought it was a joke" 

He said, "Sometimes the will 

For doing wrong is way too strong 

For any Mama's prayer 

You had to be there" 

Before the boy hung up the phone 

He said, "They say I'm out of time" 

And it hit the man right there and then 

"My God, son, so am I"