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My grandpa's getting up there
I think he's 81
But just because he's getting old
Doesn't mean he isn't fun
He likes to give me his advice
And what’s even more
He can't seem to remember that
He's told me that before
At times he is old fashioned
With the big band and the strings
But he really loves jazz music
With the doo-wops and the swings
He’s got some unique stories
Of his jobs and of the force
I don’t even care if he has
Told me that before
He shows me his old pictures
Ancestors long ago
I don't know who is who is who
As they stand there in a row
He crushes me in Cribbage
In Euchre mops the floor
I think he might remember
That he's beaten me before
(Over, and over and over)
(solo / conversation)
We both like competition
But we root for different teams
We both can come together, though, when
The Wolverines get creamed (Go Bucks!)
He likes to give me his advice
And what's even more
He can't seem to remember that
He's told me that before (x3)
I hope you have a grandpa
And I hope he's just like mine
Who thinks that you are special
And loves you all the time (x2)
Yea, we love you all the time!
(more conversation)
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The Worker (ft ZeCoop)
04:14
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I'm just tired as hell
Tired of bein' broke
I've got no place to live and my car's a joke
So I bust my ass
Just to get ahead
Now my woman's leaving, so she said
They're not gonna bring me down
Just can't drag me down to the ground
Not gonna bring me down today
So I still go to work
And I work real hard
But you can't put no money into the jar
And you still wonder
Just what is the use
When they just keep taking advantage of you
They're not gonna bring me down
Just can't drag me down to the ground
Not gonna bring me down today
But maybe someday
I'll catch my big break
Make some real money and eat me some steak
But until that time comes
I'll just keep on tryin'
While hearing the big bosses lying and lying
They're not gonna bring me down
Just can't drag me down to the ground
Not gonna bring me down today
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My Treasure (ft Gordon)
02:13
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Life doesn’t always treat us fair
Although we wish it so
Just when we think we’re doing well
Here comes another blow
These things are hard to handle
Our strong points are too few
But I always get my courage up
When my thinking turns to you
You have a way of changing things
And somehow ease the trial
The disappointment’s not so bad
When I see your pretty smile
What would I do without you
Well Heaven only knows
You make everything seem better
From my head down to my toes
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For years my life was lonely with no one to care for me
I wandered aimless through the days turned into weeks
Then on the greatest day of all, I saw you standing there
Your beauty made the others vanish in thin air
My fear that you would turn away was not to be that day
You asked me to sit down, my feet were made of clay
You were all I'd dreamed and even so much more
It took no time to know that you were who I would adore
It was a really crazy thought, to hope for you for life
But miracle of miracle, you soon became my wife
I'm so glad you've chosen me, a long shot to be certain
But here we are inseparable until the final curtain
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They saw each other cross the room
Their interest then began to bloom
He asked her nicely for a dance
She returned a small shy glance
She thanked him but responded no
Love to but just couldn't go
No dancing tonight with him
Because of her prosthetic limb
He gazed at her with look so sly
She quickly noticed his glass eye
He said he liked her hair so fine
I'm sorry, but it isn't mine
Have anything that's really you
Parts not fake seem pretty few
There's lots that are so really me
Like a bunion and arthritic knee
Come on up, you're heaven sent
I'll clean my teeth with Polident
So shocked his toupee left his head
And on his wheelchair off he sped
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Well, hello there, how are you
Don’t tell me, need a clue
I used to be a whiz with names
But right now, it’s just a shame
With your name I really stumble
Make a try but only bumble
Hem and haw to buy some time
A grasp of names no longer mine
What's your name?!?!!!!
When I see you down the hall
I’m stuck with saying, “How y’all”
My brain I fear has flown the nest
My intellect is on bedrest
I look at you with a blank stare
My card file vanished in thin air
I ask your patience, yes I do
When I forlornly call you Sue
What's your name?!?!!!!
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Company Man (ft Gordon)
02:09
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His steps were slow
As he made his way
Up the steps that
Led to home
The years of working
In the mill had
Robbed him
Of his youth
Once he thought
So long ago
I joked around
And played
These things had
No interest now
His easy chair
Now ruled
The girl once fair
Who was his thrill
Now goes to bed
Alone
Oh what a price
We have to pay
To keep
The home fires lit
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Gotta get out of here
Go outside, get some air
Been far too long
In my recliner chair
I’m out of shape
I so rarely move
Gotta get myself
In a better groove
Maybe sign up at
A fitness gym
I could get myself
Real nice and trim
It seems to me
That it’s not today
There’s no real harm
In a slight delay
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Some day I won’t have a job
No drive to work, no traffic mob
Some day I won’t have a job
Hooray and halleluia!
I’ll walk right in and then I’ll quit
Tell them I’m through, this is it
Get my stuff and make my exit
Hooray and halleluia
If they talk real nice to make me stay
Please stick around for one more day
Just shut your mouth and get my pay
Hooray and hallelluia
No more stress and no more tension
Just set me up for that that nice pension
Give that task your full attention
Hooray and halleluia
Some people think that I’ll be bored
That I won’t like what is in store
They’re wrong, retirement I’ll adore
Hooray and halleluia
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He came with great hope in his heart
A chance to build a brand new start
He’d left it all to make this trip
A choppy voyage on an ancient ship
Everything that he had learned
Had to once again be earned
Language, home, and school degrees
Were windblown by the ocean breeze
He left everything he had
To come to this promised land
The land we call America
Was it worth the mighty loss
To leave a job where he was boss
To now be in a job so low
With so very much he did not know
He could not quit or lose his soul
Despite the challenge meet the goal
He had left a world in disarray
To say God Bless the USA
He left everything he had
To come to this promised land
The land we call America
The land we call America
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His only wish
A simple plea
To just be left alone
No interest in
Their phony smile
Invites to their home
But hope is frail
Dreams are dashed
Things don’t go our way
He is the butt
Of their cruel jokes
He hates them more each day
Some teachers too
Join in to add
Contempt and disregard
What have I done
To have them make
My life so sad and hard
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12. |
End Game (ft Gordon)
02:47
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Ol death is hangin round my door
I will kiss your lips no more
Our great journey it will end
Never was a better friend
This is how I want it though
I go first, I want it so
Life without you is not life
Being alone without my wife
Our memories are oh so good
We loved each other as we should
No harsh word was ever said
A happy peaceful life we led
Now we are getting old
Our lovely story has been told
If I have to say goodbye
We’ll meet again up in the sky
(Repeat first verse)
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I like songs that spin a yarn
Bout hogs and horses, our old barn
A good song’s got to have a tale
I’m leavin’ town and setting sail
My dear old gal I’ll leave behind
And live in Pacific Standard Time
I’ll be a bum right on the beach
And for weeks I’ll be out of reach
Oh sing about the mountain fog
And how you lost your favorite dog
Of love gone sour and is no more
And how your job went out the door
Come on and sing a country song
I’ll do my very best to hum along
You know my heart will be with you
Cause truth be known, I’m country too
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Stuff (ft Gordon)
02:30
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You drive around in a fancy car
Your house is huge with a giant yard
Credit cards taken to the max
Hard to keep up, that’s a fact
You’re always buying more fine stuff
Never saying “That’s enough”
You work and work and then work more
To keep the collector from your door
When will you finally see the light
And stop so you can sleep real tight
The worry that’s your constant foe
Would vanish if you wished it so
You know that stuff is not that real
Won’t make you into a big deal
The only real values in the end
Are family and a few good friends
Comments
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We live in a divided world
Full of hatred and of strife
We don’t make an effort to
Understand what we don’t like
Why is it so that we can see
The color of man’s skin
But cast a blind and calloused eye
To the value that’s within
It takes so little effort
To learn and understand
Is there hope that we can mend
This wounded world and land
When courtesy and friendship
Again become the rule
The world will no longer be
Governed by hateful fools
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