You Had To Be There - Kenny Rogers (肯尼·罗杰斯)

He sat down picked up the phone

Said Boy I'm your old man

He touched the glass between the two

As if to shake his hand

The boy he didn't budge

Not even so much as a blink

The man said Oh come on boy

Better late than never don't you think

He said I read it in the paper

Can't believe your twenty-one

And I can't believe some son of mine

Could do the things I hear you've done

He went on like some big hero

Who flew in to save the day

And the boy said If you're here

To steer me right man it's too late

You had to be there

And I'm talking from day one

That's the only time a man

Should talk through glass to his new son

And you'd have to go back

And teach me how when I was nine

Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball

Even if she had the time

But I shoulda been learnin' how to fish

Instead of learnin' how to smoke

I bet if you'd whooped my tail

I'd never thought it was a joke

He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong

Is way too strong for any momma's prayers

You had to be there

The man said Boy I'm sorry

That you hate me like you do

The boy said Dry it up man

We ain't makin' this 'bout you

It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world

Who was left there high and dry

About a kid who might've stood

A whole lot better shot at life

But you had to be there

And I'm talkin from day one

That's the only time a man

Should talk through glass to his new son

And you'd have to go back

And teach me how when I was nine

Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball

Even if she had the time

I shoulda been learnin' how to fish

Instead of learnin' how to smoke

I bet if you'd whooped my tail

I'd never thought it was a joke

He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong

Is way too strong for any momma's prayers

You had to be there

The boy stood up hung up the phone

He said They say I'm out of time

And it hit the man right then and there

My God son so am I