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Had an uncle named |
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MatthewWas his fathers only boy |
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Born just south of |
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Colby, Kansas |
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Was his mother's pride and joy |
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Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on |
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Love was just the way to live and die |
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Gold was just a windy |
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Kansas wheat field |
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Blue, just a |
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Kansas summer sky |
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And all the stories that he told me |
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Back when |
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I was just a lad |
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And all the memories that he gave me |
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And all the good times that he had |
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Growing up a |
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Kansas farm boy |
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Life was mostly having fun |
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Riding on his |
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Daddy's shoulders |
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Behind a mule, beneath the sun |
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Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on |
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Love was just the way to live and die |
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Gold was just a windy |
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Kansas wheat field |
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Blue, just a |
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Kansas summer sky |
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Well, I guess there were some hard times |
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And I'm told some years were lean |
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They had a storm in forty-seven |
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A twister came and stripped them clean |
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He lost the farm and lost his family |
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He lost the wheat and lost his home |
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But he found the family |
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BibleFaith as solid as a stone |
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Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on |
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Love was just the way to live and die |
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Gold was just a windy |
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Kansas wheat field |
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Blue, just a |
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Kansas summer sky |
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So he came to live at our house |
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And he came to work the land |
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He came to ease my |
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Daddy's burden |
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And he came to be my friend |
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So I wrote this down for |
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MatthewAnd it's for him the song is sung |
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Riding on his |
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Daddy's shoulders |
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Behind a Mule, beneath the sun |
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Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on |
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Love was just the way to live and die |
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Gold was just a windy |
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Kansas wheat field |
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Blue, just a |
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Kansas summer sky |
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Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on |
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Love was just the way to live and die |
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Gold was just a windy |
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Kansas wheat field |
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Blue, just a |
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Kansas summer sky |