He Didn't Have to Be

When a single Mom Goes out, on a date with
...Somebody new
It always, winds up Feelin' more like, a job interview
My Mama, used to wonder If she'd ever, meet someone
Who wouldn't, find 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 months 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 went
From something's missin' ...To a Family
Lookin' 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...

I met the girl, that's now my Wife About, Three years ago
We had, the perfect marriage But we wanted, somethin' more
Now, here I stand surrounded By our Family & Friends
Crowded 'round, the nursery window
As they bring, the baby in

And, now All of a sudden
Oh, it seemed So strange, to me
How we gone
From something's missin' ...To a Family
Lookin' through, the glass I think, about the Man
That's standin' next, to me...
And, I hope I'm at least, Half the Dad
That, He didn't have to be...

(...)

Lookin' 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...