Lyrics of My daddy never was

My boss'll tell you that i've been to work all week on time
And i ain't had no liquor on my breath
It ain't no kind of secret, i've been known to take a drink
And it's made me do some things that i regret

Loretta said, ''this ain't no kind of way to raise a family''
And one night she called it quits and called a cab
She left clothes out on the clothes line and the dishes in the sink
So i guess she knows that she ain't coming back

But, i just wanna see my kids, i just wanna hold my girls
Heaven knows i ain't got much an' nothin' else in this whole world
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
I just wanna be the daddy, my daddy never was

Now lately she's been knowin' this ol' boy she met in church
And i can't say, she's wrong for wantin' more
I gave him the right to tell my wife that i can't come around
The night i knocked a hole in her front door

And loretta took my keys and she made me wait outside
But she didn't call the law, she called a cab
And as i pulled away i saw somethin' in her eyes
So i reckon that she knows i ain't so bad

I just wanna see my kids, i just wanna hold my girls
Heaven knows i ain't got much an' nothin' else in this whole world
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
I just wanna be the daddy, my daddy never was

Oh, my boss'll tell you that i've been to work all week on time
And i ain't had no liquor on my breath