| Daddy told me not to ride my bike across that rocky creek
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| You know it’s swift in places and son it’s pretty deep
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| But hardheaded full of pride I went on anyway
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| And if daddy hadn’t been watchin' me I wouldn’t be here today.
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| Father knows best, father knows best
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| If he hadn’t been lookin' out for me I’d be in such a mess
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| I swore from then on I would do just what he said
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| 'Cause father knows best, father knows best.
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| I remember back in high school about sixteen years old
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| My friend said let’s go drinkin', but daddy told me not to go
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| Now I’m so glad that I stayed home 'cause it turned out he was right
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| When the papers came the next mornin' it was there in black and white.
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| Father knows best, father knows best
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| If he hadn’t been lookin' out for me I’d be in such a mess
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| I swore from then on I would do just what he said
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| 'Cause father knows best, father knows best.
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| Today a man knocked on my door and said your daddy died
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| I tried holdin' back the tears but I just stood there and cried
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| Lord, you know I loved him, why did he have to go away |
| Then lookin' up to Heaven I heard somebody say.
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| Father knows best, father knows best
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| I’m always lookin' out for you so your heart can be at rest
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| I’ll see you through the bad times, just remember what I said
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| Father knows best, father knows best.
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| Your Father knows best son, your Father knows best… |