Story Behind the Song
Autobiographical. The ultimate acceptance of a parents decision to uproot his family from a small town and relocate them to a big city. This song was written in Long Beach, California.
Lyrics
Walking by a concrete stream, my memories they come to me.
In a time so far away, in a totally different place.
Hey kids, take all you know and throw it out the window.
Things you take comfort in, get ready for the real world.
Ohh Daddy, I don't blame you.
That small town was just too small for you.
Ohh Daddy, Can't you see I appreciate the love you gave to me.
This country girl will survive and I promise I will get by.
In the city I have made my home.
Here my roots have really grown.
This hectic pace it suits me and I don't think I'll ever leave.
And all the family I have there, they're forever in my prayers.
See pictures in my mind, as I remember a simpler time.
Ohh Daddy, I don't blame you.
That small town was just too small for you.
Ohh Daddy, can't you see, I appreciate the love you gave to me.
This country girl will survive and I promise I will get by.
Drinking water from a well.
And winters cold as hell.
But when the icicles finally melt, it starts a whole new season and you are the reason.
That this country girl will survive.
Ohh, walking by a concrete stream.
My memories they come to me.
In a time so far away, in a totally different place.
Hey kids take all you know and throw it out the damn window.
Things you take comfort in, get ready for the real world.
Ohh Daddy, I don't blame you.
That small town was just too small for you.
Ohh Daddy, can't you see I appreciate the love you gave to me.
Ohh Daddy, I can't blame you.
That small towm was just too small for you.
Ohh Daddy, I don't blame you, I appreciate the love you gave to me, to me.
This country girl will survive and I promise I will get by.
Yeah, this country girl will survive and I promise I will get by.
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