Daddy Frank

Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp
Sister played the ringin' tambourine
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
She read our lips and helped the family sing

That little band was all a part o' livin'
And our only means o' livin' at the time
And it wasn't like no normal fam'ly combo
'Cause Daddy Frank, the guitar man, was blind

Frank and Mama counted on each other
Their one and only weakness made 'em strong
Hey, Mama did the drivin' for the fam'ly
And Frank made a livin' with a song

Home was just a camp along the highway
A pickup bed was where we bedded down
Don't ever once remember goin' hungry
I remember Mama cookin' on the ground

Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp
Sister played the ringin' tambourine
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
She read our lips and helped the family sing

That little band was all a part o' livin'
And our only means o' livin' at the time

And it wasn't like no normal fam'ly combo

'Cause Daddy Frank, the guitar man, was blind

Don't remember how they got acquainted
I can't recall just how it came to be
But, there had to be some special help from someone
And blessed be the one who let it be

Fever caused my mama's loss of hearin'
Daddy Frank was born without his sight
And Mama needed someone she could lean on
And I believe the guitar man was right

Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp
Sister played the ringin' tambourine
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
She read our lips and helped the family sing

That little band was all a part o' livin'
And our only means of livin' at the time
And it wasn't like no normal family combo
'Cause Daddy Frank, the guitar man, was blind



Credits
Writer(s): Merle Haggard
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