Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) (2001 Digital Remaster)-Merle Haggard

[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