You Had To Be There

You Had To Be There Lyrics

Song You Had To Be There
Artist Roger Taylor
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[00:14.89] He sat down, picked up the phone
[00:17.75] Said Boy, I'm your old man.
[00:21.11] Touched the glass between the two,
[00:24.35] As if to shake his hand.
[00:27.70] The boy, he didn't budge
[00:29.89] Not even so much as a blink.
[00:33.88] The man said Oh come on,
[00:36.42] Better late than never, don't you think?
[00:39.87] He said I read it in the paper,
[00:43.25] Can't believe your twenty-one.
[00:46.95] Can't believe some son of mine
[00:49.60] Could do the things I hear you've done.
[00:53.34] Went on like some big hero
[00:56.30] Who flew in to save the day.
[00:59.96] The boy said If you're here
[01:02.89] To steer me right, man, it's too late.
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[01:05.98] You had to be there
[01:09.72] And I'm talkin from day one.
[01:13.07] That's the only time a man
[01:15.86] Should talk through glass to his new son
[01:19.40] And you'd have to go back
[01:22.27] And teach me how when I was nine
[01:25.97] Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
[01:29.97] Even if she had the time.
[01:31.90] I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
[01:35.77] Instead of learnin' how to smoke.
[01:38.95] I bet if you'd whooped my tail
[01:41.68] I'd never thought it was a joke.
[01:45.05] He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
[01:48.96] Is way too strong for any momma's prayers.
[01:58.08] You had to be there.
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[02:05.46] The man said Boy I'm sorry
[02:08.34] That you hate me like you do.
[02:11.58] The boy said Dry it up man.
[02:14.86] We ain't makin' this 'bout you.
[02:18.10] It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world
[02:21.58] Who was left there high and dry.
[02:24.65] 'Bout a kid who might've stood
[02:27.42] A whole lot better shot at life.
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[02:30.57] But you had to be there
[02:34.53] And I'm talkin from day one.
[02:37.77] That's the only time a man
[02:41.06] Should talk through glass to his new son
[02:43.75] And you'd have to go back
[02:46.98] And teach me how when I was nine
[02:50.66] Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball
[02:54.03] Even if she had the time.
[02:56.61] I shoulda been learnin' how to fish
[03:00.42] Instead of learnin' how to smoke.
[03:03.80] I bet if you'd whooped my tail
[03:06.66] I'd never thought it was a joke.
[03:09.81] He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong
[03:13.96] Is way too strong for any momma's prayers.
[03:22.76] You had to be there.
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[03:30.18] The boy stood up, hung up the phone
[03:33.09] Said They say I'm out of time.
[03:36.64] It hit the man, right then and there
[03:39.75] My God, son, so am I.
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