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Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day |
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No particular reason, he just dressed that way |
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Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes |
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He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse |
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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks |
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Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks |
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He would level on the level, he shaved even every door |
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And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |
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Well, he used to sing me "blood on the saddle" and rock me on his knee |
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And let me listen to the radio before we got tv |
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Well, he'd drive to church on sunday and he'd take me with him too |
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Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew |
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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks |
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Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks |
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He would level on the level, he shaved even every door |
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And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |
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Well, my grandma was a teacher, she went to school in bowling green |
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Traded in a milking cow for a singer sewing machine |
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Well, she called her husband "mister," and she walked real tall and proud |
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She used to buy me comic books after grandpa died |
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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks |
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Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks |
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He would level on the level, he shaved even every door |
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And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |