There are times to remember and times that I wish to forget Our time together was tinged with love and regret Oh my girl, my sweet, sweet little girl Didn't I try to tell ya That life was for living Oh, didn't I? And wasn't I the guy who said Stay away from that tribe Oh, wasn't I? And didn't I try to tell ya That stuff's gonna kill ya Oh, didn't I? But you thought it was cool And I was just an old fool Oh, look at ya You left home for the city with Hollywood stars in your eyes Now your mother God bless her cries herself to sleep every night Oh my girl, my sweet, innocent girl Didn't I search the streets For the biggest pimps and cheats Oh, didn't I? And didn't I try to guide ya To a baptism of fire Oh, didn't I? And didn't I try to warn ya About that folk in California Oh, didn't I? But you said daddy, please, don't worry I've got friends out there who love me Now look at ya Oh baby come back home, we can work this out There is no blame I wanna hold you close and stroke your hair And share your pain, yeah Didn't I do the best for you Trying to make you stay in school Didn't I? Once I was your hero But I went from ten to zero Oh, didn't I? Now listen For a roll of the dice You really paid the ultimate price Oh, didn't ya? Now I stand by your bedside Watching you fight for your life Where's the innocence? Where's the future? Where's the beauty? Where's the promise? There are times to remember And times that I wish to forget
[00:18.096]There are times to remember and times that I wish to forget [00:27.834]Our time together was tinged with love and regret [00:37.005]Oh my girl, my sweet, sweet little girl [00:46.272]Didn't I try to tell ya [00:48.196]That life was for living [00:50.220]Oh, didn't I? [00:55.193]And wasn't I the guy who said [00:57.556]Stay away from that tribe [00:59.377]Oh, wasn't I? [01:04.392]And didn't I try to tell ya [01:06.543]That stuff's gonna kill ya [01:08.769]Oh, didn't I? [01:13.631]But you thought it was cool [01:15.719]And I was just an old fool [01:17.932]Oh, look at ya [01:22.787]You left home for the city with Hollywood stars in your eyes [01:31.648]Now your mother God bless her cries herself to sleep every night [01:41.691]Oh my girl, my sweet, innocent girl [01:50.898]Didn't I search the streets [01:52.743]For the biggest pimps and cheats [01:55.001]Oh, didn't I? [01:59.678]And didn't I try to guide ya [02:02.003]To a baptism of fire [02:04.086]Oh, didn't I? [02:09.023]And didn't I try to warn ya [02:11.168]About that folk in California [02:13.350]Oh, didn't I? [02:17.764]But you said daddy, please, don't worry [02:20.348]I've got friends out there who love me [02:22.564]Now look at ya [02:27.065]Oh baby come back home, we can work this out [02:32.021]There is no blame [02:36.024]I wanna hold you close and stroke your hair [02:41.755]And share your pain, yeah [02:50.892]Didn't I do the best for you [02:52.957]Trying to make you stay in school [02:55.448]Didn't I? [02:59.802]Once I was your hero [03:01.946]But I went from ten to zero [03:04.063]Oh, didn't I? [03:06.738]Now listen [03:08.928]For a roll of the dice [03:11.067]You really paid the ultimate price [03:14.147]Oh, didn't ya? [03:17.961]Now I stand by your bedside [03:20.860]Watching you fight for your life [03:27.276]Where's the innocence? [03:31.108]Where's the future? [03:35.642]Where's the beauty? [03:40.337]Where's the promise? [03:46.094]There are times to remember [03:48.385]And times that I wish to forget [03:52.983]
