He didn't have to be
By: Brad Paisley and Kelley Lovelace
Contributors: Lovelace, Kelley
Publisher: Rutledge Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Stepfathers.; Love, Paternal.
Other titles: For the man who's the Dad ...
Notes: He Didn't Have to Be is a tender salute to a stepfather who becomes a loving dad to a child even though he "didn't have to be" one. And as the child - now grown and a new father - considers the birth of his own baby, the new father hopes that he is "at least half the dad that his stepfather didn't have to be." Written by CMA award winning and Grammy nominated Brad Paisley and songwriter Kelly Lovelace, and including a CD of the popular song.