[00:03.820]Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp
[00:09.030]Sister played the ringing tambourine
[00:13.810]Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
[00:18.300]She read our lips and helped the family sing
[00:23.160]That little band was all a part of living
[00:27.770]And our only means of living at the time;
[00:32.520]And it wasn't like no normal family combo
[00:37.350]Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind
[00:42.370]Frank and mama counted on each other;
[00:46.770]Their one and only weakness made them strong
[00:51.720]Mama did the driving for the family
[00:56.020]And Frank made a living with a song
[01:01.160]Home was just a camp along the highway;
[01:05.630]A pick-up bed was where we bedded down
[01:10.230]Don't ever once remember going hungry
[01:14.540]But I remember mama cooking on the ground
[01:19.570]Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp
[01:24.840]Sister played the ringing tambourine
[01:29.490]Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
[01:33.920]She read our lips and helped the family sing
[01:38.710]That little band was all a part of living
[01:43.290]And our only means of living at the time;
[01:48.100]And it wasn't like no normal family combo
[01:52.820]Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind
[01:57.820]Don't remember how they got acquainted;
[02:02.110]I can't recall just how it came to be
[02:06.810]There had to be some special help from someone
[02:11.500]And blessed be the one that let it be
[02:16.500]Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing
[02:21.140]Daddy Frank was born without his sight
[02:25.610]And mama needed someone she could lean on
[02:30.580]And I believe the guitar man was right
[02:35.120]Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp
[02:40.190]Sister played the ringing tambourine
[02:44.940]Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
[02:49.370]She read our lips and helped the family sing
[02:54.120]That little band was all a part of living
[02:58.690]And our only means of living at the time;
[03:03.480]And it wasn't like no normal family combo