Going bread and butter milk 
And better clean your plate 
He lived through the great war 
And came back to his home state 
Married his young sweet heart 
Never would complain 
The world it keeps on changing 
But he did never change 
Depression era 
Lived to tell the tale 
Depression era 
And he don't never fail 
The boy you called him daddy 
Has grown in different ways 
The things that made him happy 
Have long since gone away 
Depression era 
Kicked in in red clay mud 
Depression era 
Survival's in his blood 
Biscuits and gravy digs all the way 
Fought in the navy and made it back this way 
Loved his beautiful wife now he's full of hurt 
A method to his daughters life 
But he don't give the church 
Depression era 
Some things never fade 
Depression era 
In the modern age 
He always rose above it 
But nothing's as it seems 
Anger has its pitfalls 
Like living in your dreams 
His dreams they are fading 
He'll make a final stand 
He'd never hit a lady 
But he just might kill a man 
Depression era 
Lived to tell the tale 
Depression era 
He don't never fail 
He don't never fail 
He don't never fail