Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line (Live Acoustic)

Lyrics

[Intro] I was out in Lubbock, Texas a few years back And, uh, we had a show at the 19th Street Warehouse And I had driven from eastern New Mexico to get there To get to Lubbock from Clovis, New Mexico You gotta go through a little town called Littlefield Which is where Waylon Jennings was born And where he grew up Before he was in The Crickets and then before he became The guy you know about, who I'm talkin' about Beforе he became Waylon Jеnnings, he was a west Texas kid So anyway, I was at the, uh I was at the gig that night tryna figure out You know, somethin' special to do Tryna get a little spark and, uh Figured we'd work up an old Waylon cover So we did, and it stuck, I went and recorded it Actually the day after he died Um, we went into a studio We went into Willie Nelson's studio in Pedernales Just outside of Austin, we had a session booked to do Some of my own demos, four or five songs And we decided to blow those off and Pay respects to, uh A very inspiration character, old Hoss Waylon Jennings [Verse 1] Everybody knows you've been steppin' on my toes And I'm gettin' pretty tired of it You keep steppin' out of line and a-messin' with my mind If you had any sense, you'd quit [Chorus] Yeah, 'cause ever since you were a little-bitty teeny girl You said I was the only man in this whole world Now you better do some thinkin', then you'll find You got the only daddy that'll walk the line [Verse 2] I keep workin' every day, all you wanna is play And I'm tired of stayin' out all night You keep comin' unglued from your funny little moods Now, honey, that ain't right [Chorus] Yeah, 'cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl You said I was the only man in this whole world Now you better do some thinkin', then you'll find You got the only daddy that'll walk the line [Verse 3] You keep packin' up my clothes, everybody knows That you're still just a puttin' me on Yeah, 'cause when I start walkin', I hear you start squawkin' Beggin', "Baby, come back home" [Chorus] Yeah, 'cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl You said I was the only man in this whole world Now you better do some thinkin', then you'll find You got the only daddy that'll walk the line [Outro] You got the only daddy that'll walk the line You got the o—