From the recording Briz
Lyrics
DADDY ALWAYS CAME BACK
-briz-
MOMMA CAME RUSHIN' IN SAID NOW CHILDREN BE QUIET
YOUR DADDY'S COME HOME AND HE'S HALF KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET
US KIDS KNEW THAT USUALLY MEANT A GOOD WHIPPIN'
WHEN DADDY GOT DRUNK HE DID'NT NEED AN EXCUSE
MOMMA WENT OUT TO PUT SUPPER ON THE TABLE
WE HEARD THE DINNER PLATES FLY ACROSSED THE ROOM
I GUESS DADDY DID'NT CARE FOR THE EVENIN' MENU
WE HEARD DADDY'S TRUCK RACE DOWN THE GRAVEL ROAD
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BUT DADDY ALWAYS CAME BACK
HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR A LITTLE MEANER THEN BEFORE HE HAD LEFT
DADDY ALWAYS CAME BACK
AND A PART OF MOMMA DIED EVERY TIME HE WALKED BACK IN
DADDY CAME HOME FOR A FRESH CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND A BOTTLE
HE WALKED PAST MOM AND SHE PULLED BACK WITH A JERK
HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR SAID HE WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE
MOMMA PULLED US KIDS ASIDE SAID IT'S OKAY WE'RE SAFE
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ONE DAY DADDY WOKE UP FEELIN' REALLY MEAN
HE TOLD US KIDS WE WAS NO GOOD HE USED A WORD THAT I CAN'T REPEAT
MOMMA SPOKE UP AND HE THREW HER 'CROSS THE SOFA
A BOTTLE UP THE SIDE OF HER HEAD WAS DADDYS' REPLY
MOMMA GOT UP AND SHE WALKED RIGHT OUT THE FRONT DOOR
POLICEMAN CAME AND THEY TOOK MY DADDY AWAY
DAD CURSED MA AND SAID THAT SHE'D BE SORRY
THE JUDGE SAID PA YOU'RE GOIN' AWAY FOR A LONG LONG TIME
BUT THE JUDGE DON'T KNOW THAT
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