The song To Daddy is performed by Emmylou Harris in the album named Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years in the year 2001 .
(Dolly Parton)
Mama never seemed to miss the finer things of life
If she did she never did say so to daddy
She never wanted to be more than a mother and a wife
If she did she never did say so to daddy
The only thing that seemed to be important to her life
Was to make our house a home and make us happy
Mama never wanted any more than what she had
If she did she never did say so to daddy
He often left her all alone but she didn't mind the staying home
If she did she never did say so to daddy
And she never missed the flowers and the cards he never sent her
If she did she never did say so to daddy
Being took for granted was a thing that she accepted
And she didn't need those things to make her happy
And she didn't seem to notice that he didn't kiss and hold her
If she did she never did say so to daddy
One morning we awoke just to find a note
That mama carefully wrote and left to daddy
And as we began to read it
Our ears could not believe it
The words that she had written there to daddy
She said the kids are older now they don't need me very much
And I've gone in search of love I need so badly
I have needed you so long but I just can't keep holding on
She never meant to come back home
If she did she never did say so to daddy
Goodbye to daddy
Emmylou Harris - Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years
- Too Far Gone
- If I Could Only Win Your Love
- Boulder to Birmingham
- Together Again
- Here, There and Everywhere
- One of These Days
- Sweet Dreams (Live)
- (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie
- Making Believe
- Easy from Now On
- To Daddy
- Two More Bottles of Wine
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Beneath Still Waters
- Blue Kentucky Girl
- Wayfaring Stranger
- That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with Roy Orbison)
- The Boxer
- Precious Love
- Fools Thin Air
- Mister Sandman
- Colors of Your Heart
- If I Needed You (with Don Williams)
- Tennessee Rose
- Born to Run
- Another Pot o' Tea
- I'm Movin' On (Live)
- (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date (Live)
- So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad) (Live)
- Maybe Tonight
- Drivin' Wheel
- In My Dreams
- Pledging My Love
- Someone Like You
- White Line
- Rhythm Guitar
- Timberline
- I Had My Heart Set on You
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- To Know Him is to Love Him (with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt)
- Heartbreak Hill
- Heaven Only Knows
- I Still Miss Someone
- Wheels of Love