[ti:Daddy Could Swear, I Declare]
[ar:Gladys Knight & The Pips]
[al:Ultimate Collection: Gladys Knight & The Pips]
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[00:00.00]Daddy Could Swear, I Declare - Gladys Knight/The Pips
[00:04.42]Oh oh oh
[00:11.97]Yeah oh my mercy
[00:15.73]Ooh how I remember daddy
[00:19.33]He was strong and had
[00:20.89]A built in tan yeah
[00:23.27]And though he only stood
[00:24.56]About a five feet seven
[00:26.69]My daddy was a heck of a man
[00:29.67]Yes he was y'all
[00:31.15]He loved us all and we knew it yeah
[00:34.44]Though he showed it in a very funny way
[00:38.43]For most of the time
[00:39.81]He was a-cussin' and fussin'
[00:41.89]When he said what he had to say
[00:44.71]Now now now now now now
[00:46.46]Daddy couldn't read
[00:47.96]Daddy couldn't write
[00:49.95]But one thing daddy sure could do right
[00:53.38]He could swear
[00:56.29]Oh Lord I declare
[00:59.09]Yes he could y'all
[01:00.63]Daddy could swear
[01:04.64]I declare have mercy
[01:09.00]I still remember seein' him in the backyard
[01:12.36]Just a-pickin' and a-paintin' away
[01:15.26]Woo woo woo woo
[01:16.34]Ooh my brothers and sisters
[01:18.02]Still talk about how
[01:20.11]Daddy lost his temper that day
[01:23.65]You see he built a picket fence
[01:25.61]From the garage to the house
[01:27.68]Well Sam tell me what I say
[01:31.66]The same day the garbage man
[01:33.87]Backed into the fence
[01:35.07]And the whole darn thing gave way
[01:37.95]You should have been there
[01:39.20]Daddy couldn't read
[01:41.05]Daddy couldn't write
[01:43.06]One thing daddy sure could do right
[01:46.46]He could swear
[01:49.64]Oh Lord I declare
[01:52.34]Yes he could y'all
[01:53.81]Daddy could swear
[01:56.97]Oh Lord I declare
[02:00.94]Yes he could y'all
[02:02.91]Tell 'em about
[02:04.20]Tell about your daddy
[02:06.04]My daddy was a bad mouth
[02:07.52]Watch ya say watch your mouth
[02:09.47]My daddy was a bad mouth
[02:11.09]Watch ya say watch your mouth
[02:12.98]My daddy was a bad mouth
[02:14.85]Watch ya say watch your mouth
[02:16.68]Oow
[02:24.89]Daddy wasn't no scholar no
[02:27.75]No he didn't have PHd
[02:32.13]But in my eyes and down in my heart
[02:35.93]My daddy means the world to me
[02:39.74]He'll probably go out
[02:41.34](Talkin' about daddy)
[02:42.30]Cursin' just a-fussin'
[02:43.99]And a-bein' mad
[02:47.62]But I hope the Good Lord will understand
[02:50.95]That my daddy's is just bein' my dad
[02:53.43]Now now now now
[02:54.78]Daddy couldn't read no
[02:56.71]Daddy couldn't write
[02:58.63]But one thing daddy sure could do right
[03:02.21]He could swear
[03:05.21]Oh Lord I declare
[03:08.97]Yes he could y'all
[03:10.20]Daddy could swear
[03:13.40]I declare
[03:16.48]Have mercy
[03:17.45]Cursin' just a-fussin' I declare
[03:19.23]That my daddy's
[03:21.13]He could swear y'all
[03:22.85]Talkin' about daddy I declare y'all
[03:26.86]That my daddy's
[03:29.56]He could swear
[03:30.48]Talkin' about daddy
[03:32.17]I declare y'all
[03:34.13]That my daddy's
[03:35.85]He could swear y'all
[03:37.26]Talkin' about daddy
[03:38.86]I declare y'all