My Daddy Never Was

My boss will tell you that I′ve been to work all week on time That I ain't had no liquor on my breathe Ain′t no kinda' secret, I've been known to take a drink And it′s made me do some things that I regret Loretta said this ain′t no kind of way to raise a family And one night she called it quits and called a cab She left her clothes out on the clothes line And the dishes in the sink So I guess she knows that she ain't coming back Well I just want to see my kids I just want to hold my girls Heaven knows I ain′t got much of nothing else in this ole world I just want to be around enough to know that they've been loved I just want to be their daddy, my daddy never was Now lately she′s been knowin' this old boy she met in church And I can′t say she's wrong for wanting more I gave him the right to tell my wife that I can't come around The night I knocked a hole in her front door And Loretta tooks my keys and she made me wait outside But she didn′t call the law she called a cab And as I pulled away I saw something in her eyes So I reckon that she knows I ain′t so bad I just want to see my kids I just want to hold my girls Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothing else in this ole world I just want to be around enough to know that they′ve been loved I just want to be their daddy, my daddy never was Well my boss will tell you that I've been to work all week on time And I ain′t had no liquor on my breathe