Daddy Frank - Merle Haggard
Daddy
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Frank played the guitar and the french harp. Sister played the ringin tambou
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rine
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Mama couldn't hear our pretty
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music. She
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read our lips and
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helped the family
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sing
That
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little band was all a part of living. And our only means of living at the
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time
It
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wasn't like no normal family
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combo. 'Cause
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Daddy Frank the
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guitar man was
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blind
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Frank and Mama counted on each
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other. Their
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one and only weakness made them
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strong
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Mama did the driving for the
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family. While
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Frank made a living with his
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songs
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Home was just a camp along the
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highway. And a
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pickup bed is where we bedded
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down
I don't
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ever once remember going
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hungry. But I re
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member
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Mama
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cooking
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on the
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ground
I
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don't remember how they got ac
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quainted. I
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can't recall just how it came to
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be
There
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musta been some special help from
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someone. And
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blessed be the one who let it
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be
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Fever caused my Mama's loss of
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hearing. Daddy
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Frank was born without his
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sight
And
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Mama needed someone she could
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lean on. And
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I bel
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ieve the
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guitar
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man was
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right