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Don't Cry Daddy

Words & Music by Scott Davis

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Don't Cry Daddy

Words & Music by Scott Davis

Lyrics:

Today I stumbled from my bed
With tunder crashing in my head
My pillow still wet
From last night tears
And as I think of giving up
A voice inside my coffee-cup
Kept crying but
And ringing in my ears

Don't cry daddy
Daddy, please don't cry
Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
Daddy ride us on your back again
Oh, daddy, please don't cry

Why are children always first
To feel the pain and hurt the worst
It's true, but somehow
It just don't seem right
'Cause ev'ry time I cry I know
It hurts my little children so
I wonder will it be the same tonight

Don't cry daddy
Daddy, please don't cry
Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
Daddy ride us on your back again
Oh, daddy, please don't cry
Oh, daddy, please don't cry
More info:
Mac Davis wrote Don't Cry Daddy after his son, Scotty, said to him, "Don't cry, daddy", upon seeing his father's tearful reaction to a news clip of the massacre of a Vietnamese hamlet. Elvis recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis on January 15, 1969. Ronnie Milsap sang harmony and Ed Kollis played harmonica on the recording. The single release had a 13-week stay on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, peaking at #6. It reached #13 on the country chart. Sales of over a million copies were achieved and a Gold Record was certified by the RIAA on January 21, 1970.

Lyrics:

Today I stumbled from my bed
With tunder crashing in my head
My pillow still wet
From last night tears
And as I think of giving up
A voice inside my coffee-cup
Kept crying but
And ringing in my ears

Don't cry daddy
Daddy, please don't cry
Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
Daddy ride us on your back again
Oh, daddy, please don't cry

Why are children always first
To feel the pain and hurt the worst
It's true, but somehow
It just don't seem right
'Cause ev'ry time I cry I know
It hurts my little children so
I wonder will it be the same tonight

Don't cry daddy
Daddy, please don't cry
Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
Daddy ride us on your back again
Oh, daddy, please don't cry
Oh, daddy, please don't cry

More info:

Mac Davis wrote Don't Cry Daddy after his son, Scotty, said to him, "Don't cry, daddy", upon seeing his father's tearful reaction to a news clip of the massacre of a Vietnamese hamlet. Elvis recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis on January 15, 1969. Ronnie Milsap sang harmony and Ed Kollis played harmonica on the recording. The single release had a 13-week stay on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, peaking at #6. It reached #13 on the country chart. Sales of over a million copies were achieved and a Gold Record was certified by the RIAA on January 21, 1970.