Bobby Goldsboro - Watching Scotty Grow - TV Show (Live)

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@24tv48 Original hit version is 2:28. Lyrics below:
Goldsboro: "Mac Davis wrote "Watching Scotty Grow". Again, talking about being in the right place at the right time, I was in a clothing store in L.A. and a friend of mine came in, Jerry Fuller, who was a record producer and he was producing Andy Williams at the time.

He said "Do you know Mac Davis?" I said "I know who he is. I've never met him." He said "well Mac played me a song for Andy Williams the other day and I didn't think it was right for Andy, but I think it would be a good song for Bobby Goldsboro. You otta call Mac and ask him to play it for you. It's called "Watching Scotty Grow."

So that afternoon I got back to the hotel, called Mac and he came over to the hotel and brought his guitar and we sat and played songs for about four hours. He played "Watching Scotty Grow" and I said great. So then I went back to Nashville and recorded it."

So, had I not been buying a shirt that day, I might not have gotten "Watching Scotty Grow" I guess. (laughs) "
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There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad,
What a handsome lad, that's my boy,
BRLFQ spells mom and dad,
But that ain't too bad, that's my boy.

You can have your TV and your nightclubs,
And you can have your drive in picture show,
I'll stay here with my little man near, we'll listen to the radio,
Biding my time and Watching Scotty grow.

Making a castle out of building blocks,
And a cardboard box, That's my boy,
Mickey Mouse says it's thirteen o'clock,
Well that's quite a shock! That's my boy.

In four short years I've gone from rags to riches,
And what I did before that I don't know,
So let it rain on my windowpane, I got my own rainbow,
And we're sitting here shining watching Scotty grow.

Riding on daddy's shoulders off to bed,
Ol' sleepy head, that's my boy,
Got to have a drink of water and a story read,
A teddy bear named Fred, that's my boy.

What's that you say momma come on and keep your feet warm,
Well save me a place I'll be there in a minute or so,
I'll think I'll stay right here and say a little prayer before I go,
Me and God watching Scotty grow.