Grant Maloy Smith - I Reckon Lyrics

I Reckon
© 2018 Words and Music Grant Maloy Smith
I did my homework every night
I been to college once or twice
Still, I ain't the sharpest knife
In the kitchen drawer

Every time I went astray
I always heard my daddy say:
Boy, you cain't forget the work
That you were put here for...
Wiser men than me should preach
Still, I got something I can teach
These are things that I've found
I'm just passing them on down...

There's a kinder word to say
A better way to pray
I Reckon
There's hope in every smile
Love in every child
I Reckon
The higher up you climb
The bigger hills you find
I Reckon
This is what my daddy said
I Reckon

I got a job and I bought a truck
I found a girl who shook me up
We turned those bricks
Into a loving home
Bills come, babies cry
We make up after every fight
My dad says Life ain't like a TV show
There's a kinder word to say
A better way to pray
I Reckon
There's hope in every smile
Love in every child
I Reckon
The higher up you climb
The bigger hills you find
I Reckon
This is what my daddy said
I Reckon

We got a boy - he's twenty-three
He finally opened up to me
He told me, Dad, I need a word or two.

'I had faith, but I turned it in
'It's hard to be in my own skin
'I lie awake and wonder what to do

I Reckon - I Reckon
The higher up you climb
The bigger hills you find
I Reckon
This is what my daddy said
I Reckon
It's what my daddy said
I Reckon