Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was Lyrics - Singles - The Chi-lites

He's worth more 

Than every star in the sky 

With that look of forgiveness 

That's always in his eyes 

He works so hard 

But gentle as a lamb 

He gave up so much 

To make me just what I am and, oh 

Oh, let me be 

The man my daddy was 

Oh, let me be 

The man my daddy was 

When I was young 

Sometimes foolishly I played 

But he reached out and, oh 

Showed me the way 

Now he's only human 

And bound to make mistakes 

But it was all right 

By the moment I would awake and, oh 

Oh, let me be 

The man my daddy was 

Oh, let me be 

The man my daddy was 

Sometimes I hope 

I don't live to see the day 

When he reaches down 

And take them both away 

And look at my children 

Sometimes foolishly they play 

Let me live long enough 

Let me show them the way 

My clothes were sometimes untidy 

And that bed was never made 

But mom and dad would scold me good 

Never doubted I've made the grade 

But now that I'm a man 

I ask the Lord up above 

Please let me raise my children right 

And be the man my daddy was and, oh 

Oh, let me be 

The man my daddy was 

Oh, let me be 

The man my daddy was 

He was a good man 

He was a poor man 

Oh, let me be