Hey daddy, what that there?
Why that under there?
No daddy, hey daddy,
hey look it over there
What they doing there?
And where they going there?
Daddy can I have that big ele
phant over there?
Hey who's that in my chair?
And what's she doing there?
No daddy
Hey daddy can I go
over there?
Hey daddy what's the square?
And where do we get there?
Daddy can I have that big ele
phant over there?
My crazy girl girl
Man she doesn't want anything here
She's forever demanding to know who won,
why, and where
And par ents are tough, child,
and sometimes the questions get wild
Like, Daddy, can I have that big
elephant over there?
Don't wanna comb my hair
and wear my teddy bear
No, Daddy, oh hey,
look at that cow boy come
and dare
Hey, can I have a pair of boots
like that to wear?
Daddy, can I have that big elephant
over there?
The times will march, the years will go
The little fel low's gotta grow
I gotta tell her what she needs to know
And for a while, so she know
I'm probably gonna make her strong
As life's parade goes march ing by
She needs to know
some reasons
why I don't have all the answers
But I try, best that I can,
gonna have a plan of being open
You give a kid the best
and hope she'd pass the test
When you finally send her out
into the world somewhere
But though she's grown,
I bet I never will forget
Daddy, can I have that big
elephant over there?
And why'd they do him dare?
And how you work that there?
No, Daddy, or hey, Daddy,
what they say out there?
Hey, Daddy, what is fair?
How come I got a share?
Daddy, can I have that big
elephant over there?
you