You Had To Be There Lyrics - Tim McGraw

1 He sat down, picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man.

2 He touched the glass between the two, as if to shake his hand

3 The boy he didn't budge, not even so much as a blink

4 The man said oh come on, better late than never, don't ya think.

5 He said I read it in the paper, can't believe you're 21,

6 I can't believe some son of mine could do the things I hear you've done.

7 He went on like some big hero, who flew in to save the day

8 And the boy said if your here, to steer me right, man, its too late

9 You had to be there, and I'm talkin from from day one.

10 Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son

11 And you'd have to go back, and teach me how when i was nine

12 Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time.

13 I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke.

14 I bet if you'd of whoopped my tail, i'd never thought it was a joke

15 He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayers

16 You had to be there.

17 The man said, boy I'm sorry that you hate me like you do

18 The boy said dry it up man, we ain't making this about you.

19 Its about a teenage girl against the world who was left there high and dry

20 About a kid who might have stood a whole lot better shot at life, but

21 You Had To Be There

22 And I'm talking from day one,

23 Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son

24 You'd have to go back and teach me how when I was nine

25 Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time.

26 I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke

27 I bet if you'd of whooped my tail I'd never thought it was a joke

28 Sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayer

29 You had to be there.

30 Before the boy hung up the phone, he said they say me I'm out of time

31 And it hit the man, right there and then