Daddy Betcha Know by Trace Balin

Glory Road by Trace Balin

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Daddy Betcha Know
by Trace Balin

Album: Glory Road

Whoa-whoa...
Mmm...

When I put my little boy to bed last night
He said he had to pray to set the record right
Told me it was just between him and the Lord
So, I left the room but listened at the door

He said, Daddy up in heaven
I'm down on my knees
And I'm here to ask you for forgiveness, please
I started out the day with a fight in school
I confess I didn't keep the golden rule

Oh, Daddy betcha know
Daddy betcha know
I didn't act real nice
Like a good boy should
But a voice kept tellin' me
Don't be good
Oh, Daddy betcha know
'Cause you're everywhere I go
Well, it ain't no use
Tryin' to hide the truth
I can't put nothin' over on you

'Cause you see it all
Every stumble or fall
Big or small

Now, little Jimmy Johnson paid a dollar bill
To see me take a frog and scare his sister Jill
She ran home to mama, what a tattletale
Now, wait until she opens her lunch pail

I stole a cookie from Mrs. Gray's cookie jar
And trampled roses growin' in the Hadley's yard
I threw a ball too hard, broke a window next door
Read my sister's diary, now, boy, she's sore

Oh, Daddy betcha know
Mmm, Daddy betcha know
I didn't act real nice
Like a good boy should
But a voice kept tellin' me
Don't be good
Oh, Daddy betcha know
'Cause you're everywhere I go
So, it ain't no use
Tryin' to hide the truth
I can't put nothin' over on you

Oh, Daddy betcha know
Yeah, Daddy betcha know
I didn't act real nice
Like a good boy should
But a voice kept tellin' me
Don't be good
Oh, Daddy betcha know
Yeah, you're everywhere I go
So, it ain't no use
Tryin' to hide the truth
I can't put nothin' over on you

'Cause you see it all
Every stumble and fall
Big or small, mm-hmm