[ti:You Had To Be There] [ar:Kenny Rogers] [al:You Can't Make Old Friends] [offset:0] [00:01.08]You Had To Be There - Kenny Rogers [00:13.70]He sat down, picked up the phone [00:16.57]Said Boy, I'm your old man [00:18.88] [00:19.76]He touched the glass between the two [00:23.28]As if to shake his hand [00:25.33] [00:26.33]The boy, he didn't budge [00:28.73] [00:29.48]Not even so much as a blink. [00:31.91] [00:33.14]The man said Oh come on, boy [00:35.07] [00:35.70]Better late than never, don't you think? [00:39.25]He said I read it in the paper, [00:42.38]Can't believe your twenty-one. [00:44.84] [00:45.90]And I can't believe some son of mine [00:49.08]Could do the things I hear you've done. [00:52.70]He went on like some big hero [00:54.82] [00:55.82]Who flew in to save the day. [00:58.13] [00:58.94]And the boy said If you're here [01:01.93]To steer me right, man, it's too late. [01:05.13]You had to be there [01:07.35] [01:09.10]And I'm talking from day one. [01:11.34] [01:12.34]That's the only time a man [01:14.49]Should talk through glass to his new son [01:18.30]And you'd have to backgo [01:20.82] [01:21.94]And teach me how when I was nine [01:24.75] [01:25.45]Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball [01:28.87]Even if she had the time. [01:31.55]But I shoulda been learnin' how to fish [01:34.30] [01:35.12]Instead of learnin' how to smoke. [01:38.44]I bet if you'd whooped my tail [01:41.38] [01:42.15]I'd never thought it was a joke. [01:45.01]He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong [01:48.82]Is way too strong for any momma's prayers. [01:53.57] [01:57.93]You had to be there. [02:00.24] [02:05.17]The man said Boy I'm sorry [02:08.29]That you hate me like you do. [02:10.47] [02:11.54]The boy said Dry it up man. [02:14.72]We ain't makin' this 'bout you. [02:18.04]It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world [02:21.24]Who was left there high and dry. [02:23.55] [02:24.64]About a kid who might've stood . [02:26.26] [02:27.51]A whole lot better shot at life. [02:30.69]But you had to be there [02:33.09] [02:34.34]And I'm talkin from day one. [02:37.02] [02:37.84]That's the only time a man [02:41.27]Should talk through glass to new his son [02:43.68]And you'd have to go back [02:45.74] [02:47.29]And teach me how when I was nine [02:49.97] [02:50.78]Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball [02:54.34]Even if she had the time. [02:56.96]I shoulda been learnin' how to fish [02:59.71] [03:00.65]Instead of learnin' how to smoke. [03:03.14] [03:03.89]I bet if you'd whooped my tail [03:07.17]I'd never thought it was a joke. [03:10.28]He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong [03:14.03]Is way too strong for any momma's prayers. [03:18.59] [03:23.27]You had to be there. [03:25.64] [03:37.14]The boy stood up, hung phoneup the [03:39.61]He said They say I'm out of time. [03:42.36] [03:43.35]And it hit the man, right then and there [03:46.54] [03:47.48]My God, son, so am I.