You Had to Be There 歌詞
You Had To Be There - Kenny Rogers (肯尼·羅傑斯)
He sat down picked up the phone
Said Boy I'm your old man
He touched the glass between the two
As if to shake his hand
The boy he didn't budge
Not even so much as a blink
The man said Oh come on boy
Better late than never don't you think
He said I read it in the paper
Can't believe your twenty-one
And I can't believe some son of mine
Could do the things I hear you've done
He went on like some big hero
Who flew in to save the day
And the boy said If you're here
To steer me right man it's too late
You had to be there
And I'm talking from day one
That's the only time a man
Should talk through glass to his new son
And you'd have to go back
And teach me how when I was nine
Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
Even if she had the time
But I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
Instead of learnin' how to smoke
I bet if you'd whooped my tail
I'd never thought it was a joke
He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
Is way too strong for any momma's prayers
You had to be there
The man said Boy I'm sorry
That you hate me like you do
The boy said Dry it up man
We ain't makin' this 'bout you
It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world
Who was left there high and dry
About a kid who might've stood
A whole lot better shot at life
But you had to be there
And I'm talkin from day one
That's the only time a man
Should talk through glass to his new son
And you'd have to go back
And teach me how when I was nine
Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
Even if she had the time
I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
Instead of learnin' how to smoke
I bet if you'd whooped my tail
I'd never thought it was a joke
He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
Is way too strong for any momma's prayers
You had to be there
The boy stood up hung up the phone
He said They say I'm out of time
And it hit the man right then and there
My God son so am I