[ti:Daddy Could Swear, I Declare] [ar:Gladys Knight & The Pips] [al:Ultimate Collection: Gladys Knight & The Pips] [by:] [offset:0] [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