Jesse Dayton - Daddy Was a Badass [Official Lyric Video]

Daddy Was a Badass is the breakout song from the epic Jesse Dayton album, The Revealer. New EP Gulf Coast Sessions out now. Get it here: lnk.blueelanrec...
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Daddy Was A Badass Lyrics
All right
Well, daddy was a badass, oil field white trash
Never took nobody's lip
He was a honkytonk dancer and even beat cancer
And forty years smokin', just quit
He had Korean pin-up black-ink tattooed
Forearms from the war
He won a purple heart medal, but never heard him peddle
The killing he did with the Corps
So, they shipped him on home, his mind all blown
Had nightmares about his past
Well, it's a damn good thing Momma met Daddy
'Cause daddy was a badass
Yep
He met Momma on the dancefloor in deep east Texas
She was the belle of the ball
He had an oil baron's son givin' him a run
For her hand in marriage to call
So, they took the rich kid to the back of the bar
And threatened him with his life
He said, "Hey little girl, your date had to leave"
"Now you're gonna be my wife"
I guess his country charm turned her on
'Cause fifty years has passed
He got the one and only girl in the whole wide world
'Cause daddy was a badass
Uh-huh
Well, daddy made it out of the drilling rig patch
And gamblin' paid for his school
The University of Texas, sure got reckless
Livin' on eight-ball pool
He had backroom, all-night poker games
A pistol by a rotary phone
He was a hot-tip handicapper on football
Never took a student loan
So, he passed with honors by sellin' numbers
To everybody in his class
Then he drove back home to old east Texas
(Well you know what he was!)
Yeah!
So, they had his kids and he built us a house
And he started his company
He made drillin' bits for the oil rigs
And made a truckload of money
Hired all my uncles and the good ol' boys
From back in his roughneck days
'Til his shop burned down, lost everything he had
And they went their separate ways
Well, he flew to Vegas, he borrowed five-grand
Then he put it on the red and black
He made two hundred G's
(He got the business back, y'all)
Uhh
Daddy retired and sold the business
The kids are grown and gone
He said "Woman, I can't just sit around here"
"You know I gotta keep bringin' it on"
Climbed on his 1963 Pan Head Harley Davidson
And rode it wide-open 'til the end of the world
Off a cliff and into the sun
Well, at his funeral, Mama was cryin'
Said "That's the way he should've passed"
In a blaze of glory
Just done with the world, man
'Cause daddy was a badass
'Cause daddy was a badass
'Cause daddy was a badass
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[@longrifle.]

You may be a baddass. But when your from Texas.... and east Texas oilfield trash. Well thats just BadAss squared! Momma still says the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

[@tomcerlettiify]

Jesse is playing tomorrow night here in Buffalo, N.Y. I'll be the guy up front - hammered drunk ~

[@benclark3229]

How was it

[@grantwiscour]

Tall Walkin' Texas Trash Kinda Badass!

[@sabrinapineda6824]

They Soldiers before husbands for real!

[@romegavadquez6310]

Ahhhh.... Back when men where men

[@ronirish9578]

Jose Vadquez yeah unlike you

[@jaimejaimeChannel]

only on the internet can people be assholes like this ^^. Get a life.

[@chryssoraidy9838]

i don't know what that Jose guy said, but i bet he was jealous of real men. I don't even like country music but i appreciate this one. Cool story, and yeah - back when men were men.

[@islavistadad7491]

As a military veteran and former MMA fighter... I'm lovin this song!

[@MartiniqueLouiseFisher]

This song made my whole day.

As a father of two, man this song hits close to home. love it brother. I'm originally from Round Rock, Texas. Loving the song brother. Go Long Horns baby!!

[@richardpeek7908]

Like he was a bad ass. Good Ole days.

[@itsallgood3210]

reminds me of an updated hank jr, who himself penned more than a few tunes about his pops......We def could use more badasses in this world.....good attitude, fun song....kept the faith of badassery without getting too far off the rails, held that in perfectly, and kept interest to the end

[@ldfrench1]

Love this! You've captured the character of a lot of men. This song fits my dad, father-in-law, and many others I've known.

[@rosssoutherland8118]

LOVE IT!!!

[@jinaferbrown481]

what a tribute to all the men and women of that generation. sometimes they made life look easy but in reality theirs was much more about taking risks and living out their dreams.

[@davidhughes6331]

Yes sir ...My old man was Vietnam volunteer...A bad ass

[@Michael-ep1ll]

My Mom was a texas lass who got lucky like you and yours cause my dad was a Real Bad Ass.....♾️🪖

[@potionseller1024]

Damn, this is a good song. That guitar solo is so unexpected, amirite?

[@jaimejaimeChannel]

LOVE the song - and the video - and choice of pictures. JUST PLAIN GREAT. Great tribute to your dad.

[@careyw3161]

Yeah, a badass. It has been my pleasure to know a lot of badasses. You might have mistaken a lot of them for kids, but you would have been wrong. Badasses aren't always what you expect. I spent 18 months with a bunch of them in Danang, Vietnam. It was a privilege. Semper fi. Love this song.

[@charlesharper7292]

Yeah! Greetings from Tyler Texas.

[@Scablands_Scavenger]

ha ha ha love this song. Some day I imagine I will get a phone call, hopefully the 71 sporty survives.

[@johnnyflyover2778]

This song reminds me of my father, all my uncles, and my grandads. WWII, Korea, Vietnam. Alabama boys that were tough as leather.

[@katherinehoward5690]

Me too

[@historyraven99]

Same here from Texas!!!!! Real men and patriots! ❤️🇺🇲💯🔥

[@alfie4994]

Some of us were draft dodgers who became unwilling participants and covered our ass to get home alive, although fucked up for life

[@Skundus-p7v]

This song errinert me of my father, all my bloody male relatives. WW1, WW2, Indochina and Zaire

[@tobiashoyden2644]

This is simply fucking awesome

[@jaimejaimeChannel]

AND fabulous guitar lead - you don't hear that style too often, other than from Junior Brown.

[@folkukefilms]

Sooooooooo great! Jesse Dayton, you're a badass too.

[@katherinehoward5690]

Sister put this on the car in Montana... Learned what outlaw country was. BADASS

[@Twang-Train]

Kick Ass Tune & Daddy was a Bad Ass! 👍🎶

[@kaedasonata4432]

Still love my Roadkings album the best

[@aurthling432]

👍👍👣

[@bigrockjoe]

Bad ass! I've seen Jesse do this song a couple times live - can't wait for the new album.

[@redline9778]

The guy tried that with my wife after I went to my truck and got my little friend the dude's now spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair don't ever think that you can be badass unless you're going to be the first to draw and the funny thing was I got acquitted because he threatened me first

[@willardoliver5953]

Great

[@travisb2654]

So who's the 17 people that gave this a thumbs down? Let's get em!

[@redhatchet5857]

I was number 27

[@MrmelodyUs]

Tribute to #IMUS!

[@michaelelliot2966]

Just heard this one yesterday and I can't get it out of my head

[@robincallan5194]

Yep..men were men

[@jaimejaimeChannel]

Heard you (for first time) the other night, on Steve Terrell's "Santa Fe Opry" on the radio machine. (KSFR-FM radio)

[@DavidWilliams-tr1yx]

Love the song

[@jckrwlnd]

Jesse Dayton is a Bad Ass!

[@ms_musicfan]

Great sound!

[@SouthernRockETVISION]

Cuz Daddy was a bad ass...

[@sm23111]

Oh this song....Oh these pictures.....EPIC!

[@stevesatterwhite5141]

That is damn good.

[@kaygriffett9107]

Love it...x

[@Twang-Train]

Great work Jesse! I subscribed! Keep em coming! 🎶👍

[@dagsterblaster4973]

That was...fantastic....

[@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025]

I know i am adam super beast

[@forgotten320]

Enjoyed the Silverado show!

[@karolpuma]

Duff Mckagan loves it.

[@40barebone]

Angel eyes