I Don't Call Him Daddy

It was six in the morning when I made the county line

There's someone I've got to talk to, can't get it off my mind

He is just a kid and he's in a pretty rough spot

Two dimes to make a phone call, that's about all I got

How's my boy today? I know it's been three weeks

But you know how far I've got to go these days to make ends meet

How's your mama now, with her new live-in friend?

Oh, how I hate the wounds that never seem to mend

You said, ?I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things

When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?

Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do

'Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you?

God bless the little hearts, there the ones who really pay

When Mom and Dad can't get along and they go their separate ways

In a way I'm glad there's someone there to fill the empty space

Tears of understanding stream down a dirty face

You said, ?I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things

When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?

Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do

'Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you

Be like you, be like you?

He is quite a little man growin' up as fast as he can

And I don't get to see him half as much as I had planned

There's so much I need to tell him, so precious little time

A little rain on the window, and a little wave goodbye

You said, ?I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things

When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?

Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do

'Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you?

He said, ?I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things

When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?

Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do

'Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you?