The Oak Ridge Boys - I Get To lyrics

They used to make me go to church Clip on tie, starch the shirt I never heard the preacher's words Slouched down in that pew These days going to church Is something I don't have to do, I get to I used to have to hang with dad Wash his car and cut the gra** It took all day and I hated that Till his heart attack last June These days helping dad is something I don't have to do, I get to, I get to I get to wake up early I get to go to work I get to make an honest living Put my hands down in the dirt I get hear grandma complain About all her little aches and pains I get to rock my baby girl to sleep Spend my weekends coaching little league There's a lot of things I don't have to do I get to I used to have to say those words You always seemed to say them first I dreamed one night you left this earth I woke up and reached for you Now I realize I don't have to say, "I love you" I get to, I get to