If I Would’ve Done What Daddy Said

If I would’ve just done what Daddy said

Would I still know this mattress on the floor

Half a tank, past due on the rent

Tattooed prayers and clothes from the thrift store

He said “son, save every dime you touch”

“Keep your word, keep your mouth from runnin’”

But I chased every shortcut, every rush

Now it’s bills in a stack, trucks in the shop, heart stunnin’

If I would’ve just done what Daddy said

Would I be sittin’ pretty instead of on edge

Would I have a little house, white fence, warm bed

Instead of one wrong turn from losin’ my head

If I would’ve just stayed in my lane

Listened when he warned me ’bout the storm and the rain

Would I still wake up soaked in regret

If I would’ve just done what Daddy said (Daddy said)

If I would’ve just done what Daddy said

I might’ve passed on that crooked little deal

Signed my name, didn’t read what it read

Now I’m workin’ three jobs just to get a meal

He said “love like forever, don’t play games”

“Pick one girl, treat her right, stay true”

But I broke her heart, now I drink her name

In a late-night bar, see her ghost in every booth (oh)

If I would’ve just done what Daddy said

Would her picture still hang by our bed

Would I hear little feet on the stairs instead

Of a clock tick loud in this empty shed

If I would’ve just held my pride

Bit my tongue, took her hand that night

Would she still be here, layin’ on my chest

If I would’ve just done what Daddy said (Daddy said)

He said “one day boy, you’ll call me up cryin’

Wishin’ you could rewind and reset”

Phone to my ear, but the old man’s smilin’

Sayin’ “son, you ain’t done yet” (you ain’t done yet)

If I start right now, do what Daddy said

Maybe I can build somethin’ strong instead

Little house, warm light, same old bed

Turn these wrong-way roads into steps I tread

If I finally just do what Daddy said

Learn to bow my stubborn, broken head

Maybe grace shows up where my tears have bled

If I finally just do what Daddy said (Daddy said, hey)