He's worth more   Than every star in the sky   With that look of forgiveness   That's always in his eyes      He works so hard   But gentle as a lamb   He gave up so much   To make me just what I am and, oh      Oh, let me be   The man my daddy was   Oh, let me be   The man my daddy was      When I was young   Sometimes foolishly I played   But he reached out and, oh   Showed me the way      Now he's only human   And bound to make mistakes   But it was all right   By the moment I would awake and, oh      Oh, let me be   The man my daddy was   Oh, let me be   The man my daddy was      Sometimes I hope   I don't live to see the day   When he reaches down   And take them both away      And look at my children   Sometimes foolishly they play   Let me live long enough   Let me show them the way      My clothes were sometimes untidy   And that bed was never made   But mom and dad would scold me good   Never doubted I've made the grade      But now that I'm a man   I ask the Lord up above   Please let me raise my children right   And be the man my daddy was and, oh      Oh, let me be   The man my daddy was   Oh, let me be   The man my daddy was      He was a good man   He was a poor man   Oh, let me be