He Didn't Have To Be by Brad Paisley

When a single mom goes out on a (1)________ with
Somebody new
It always winds up (2)______________ (3)________ like
A job interview
My momma (4)________ to wonder
If she'd ever meet someone
Who wouldn't (5)________ out about me and then
Turn around and run

I met the man I call my dad
When I was five years old
He took my mom out to a movie
And for once I got to go

A few (6)____________ later, I remember
Lying there in bed
I overheard him pop the question
And I prayed that she'd say yes
And then, all of a sudden
(Oh) it seemed so strange to me
How we (7)________ from something's
Missing to a family

Looking back, all I can say about
All the things he did for me

Is I hope I'm at least
Half the dad that he didn't (8)________ to be

I met the (9)________ that's now my wife
About (10)__________ years ago
We had the (11)______________ marriage but
We (12)____________ (13)__________________ more
Now here I stand (14)____________________ by our family and friends
Crowded 'round the nursery window
As they bring the baby in
And now, all of a sudden
(Oh) it (15)__________ so strange to me
How we've gone (16)________ something's
Missing to a family
Looking (17)______________ the glass, I think
About the man that's standing next to me

And I hope I'm at (18)__________ half the dad
That he didn't have to be

And looking back all I can say about
All the things he did for me

Is I hope I'm at least
Half the dad that he didn't have to be

Because he didn't have to be

You know he didn't have to be

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