[00:00.850] Mama called about the paper turns out they wrote about me [00:04.690] Now my broken heart's the only thing that's broke about me [00:08.420] So many people should have seen what we got going on [00:11.970] I only wanna put my heart and my life in songs [00:15.700] Writing about the pain I felt with my daddy gone [00:19.480] About the emptiness I felt when I sat alone [00:23.130] About the happiness i feel when I sing it loud [00:26.960] He should have heard the noise we made with the happy crowd [00:30.640] Did my grandaddy know he taught me what a poem was [00:34.370] How you can use a sentence or just a simple pause [00:38.050] What will I say when my kids ask me who my daddy was [00:41.800] I thought about it for a while and I'm at a loss [00:45.680] Knowing that I'm gonna live my whole life without him [00:49.260] I found out a lot of things I never knew about him [00:53.000] All I know is that I'll never really be alone [00:57.040] Cause we gotta lot of love and a happy home [01:15.670] Magazines are writing stuff but I don't ever read them [01:19.200] Some of the folks I used to know would see and start believing [01:22.990] That I would pass them by on streets and never reach to greet them [01:26.680] I still remember folks even though I rarely meet them [01:30.460] Don't you know I miss the times when we used to hang [01:34.090] Before twenty deep depended on a single man [01:37.730] Before a single heart was broken by a single blow [01:41.620] Before all our careers depended on a single show [01:45.250] I grew up with a lot of love in a happy home [01:49.230] Now I got a lot of cash and I'm on a road [01:52.770] I realize privacy's becoming difficult [01:56.460] It's all right now but what about when I'm old [02:00.240] I know my good friends now they'll last [02:04.070] The same ones that stood by me when my daddy past [02:07.760] All I know is that we'll never really be alone [02:11.640] Cause we got a lot of love and a happy home [02:30.080] I write a lot of songs will anybody ever read them [02:33.860] You hear them on the radio but will you really read them [02:37.590] Why do we have our idols and why do we wanna be them [02:41.230] After we see them on TV we really wanna meet them [02:45.130] Don't you think they miss the time when they used to hang [02:48.720] Before a fan base depended on a single man [02:52.400] Before a single heart was broken by a single show [02:56.180] Who's gonna stand who's gonna fall I really wanna know [02:59.930] I grew up with a lot of love in a happy home [03:03.710] My daddy used to play me vinyl but now daddy's gone [03:07.400] I used to practice with my mommy on the piano [03:11.030] I still get nervous every time I know she's at a show [03:14.830] Now my family comes first before everyone [03:18.610] I had the perfect dad I wanna be the perfect son [03:22.510] Though I really feel sometimes I am on my own [03:26.040] I know I got a lot of love and a happy home