Verse 1
I was only five when you said goodbye
A daddy’s supposed to teach you
How to paint a hook and drive
Looking back now, and say I turned out just fine
And if you ask me in a day, I ain’t gonna lie
Chorus
What I needed most was never there
You were always my midnight bedside prayer
The little boy in me could never understand
While mama had to fill the shoes of my old man
Couldn’t you see we needed a helping hand
Why you gotta be so blind man
Verse 2
Mama played catch and cooked
And took me down them dirt roads
She taught me how to hold my ground
And keep my head up high
Made sure boys knew there was no place like home
And did you ask me today, I ain’t gonna lie
Chorus
What I needed most was never there
You were always my midnight bedside prayer
The little boy in me could never understand
My mama had to fill the shoes of my old man
Couldn’t you see we needed a helping hand
Why you gotta be so blind man (why you gotta be so blind man)
Outro
What I needed most was never there
You were always my midnight bedside prayer
The little boy in me could never understand
My mama had to fill the shoes of my old man
Couldn’t you see we needed a helping hand
Couldn’t you see we needed a helping hand
Why you gotta be so blind man
” Blind Man ” Song Meaning
Verse 1
I was only five when you said goodbye
A daddy’s supposed to teach you
How to paint a hook and drive
Looking back now, and say I turned out just fine
And if you ask me in a day, I ain’t gonna lie
Chorus
What I needed most was never there
You were always my midnight bedside prayer
The little boy in me could never understand
While mama had to fill the shoes of my old man
Couldn’t you see we needed a helping hand
Why you gotta be so blind man
Verse 2
Mama played catch and cooked
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