When I Said Daddy

So I’m not sure why they’ve got 5 dollar gas going to 7

Velvet and steel under flesh and bone
The tender soul with a will of stone
She worked at the factory till half past 3
Then she’d come home and make supper for me

She wore a smile through the hardest of times
When I said daddy had made momma cry
She didn’t keep pictures of him in the den
It was hard enough to go on without him
She didn’t blame country, God, or the war
She just hated he’d died without knowing what for 

She coulda gone out
She was asked all the time
When I said daddy had made momma cry

She had courage and the will to survive
She made sure that I knew wrong from right
She had quite a nerve but I remember her eyes
When I said daddy had made momma cry

Velvet and steel under flesh and bone
A tender soul with a will of stone
She worked every day till half past 3
Then she’d come home and make supper for me
She had quite a nerve
I remember her smile
When I said daddy had made momma cry
When I said daddy had made momma cry