I did my homework every night

I’ve been to college once or twice

Still I ain’t the sharpest knife in the kitchen drawer

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Every time I went astray

I always heard my daddy say

Boy you can’t forget the work you were put here for

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Wiser men than me should preach

Still I got something I can teach

These are things that I’ve found

I’m just passing them on down

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There’s a kinder word to say

A better way to pray I reckon

There’s hope in every smile

Love in every child I reckon

The higher up you climb

The bigger hills you find I reckon

That’s what my daddy said I reckon

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I got a job and bought a truck

I found a girl who shook me up

We turned those bricks into a loving home

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Bills come babies cry

We make up after every fight

Dad always said life ain’t like a TV show

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Wiser men than me should preach

Still I got something I can teach

These are things that I’ve found

I’m just passing them on down

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There’s a kinder word to say

A better way to pray I reckon

There’s hope in every smile

Love in every child I reckon

The higher up you climb

The bigger hills you find I reckon

That’s what my daddy said I reckon

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I’ve got a boy he’s twenty three

He finally opened up to me

He told me dad I need a word or two

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You see I met a girl and we had some fun

I think she may be the one

I said son life ain’t like a TV show

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I reckon I reckon

That’s what my daddy said I reckon

That’s what my daddy said I reckon