I spliced parts of two of my original songs together and came up with this little country track. Words, Vocal and Guitar by Tony.
DADDY STOPPED FARMING
WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD
CAN'T MAKE NO MONEY
HOEIN' THEM ROWS
STARTED BUILDING HOUSES
IN A NEAR BY TOWN
MAMA WAS SO THANKFUL
FOR THE JOB HE'D FOUND
I WAS BORN IN THE COUNTRY
NINE MILES FROM TOWN
DIRT ROADS AND PINE TREES
SCATTERED ALL AROUND
NO BIG HOUSE OR FANCY CAR
DOWN ON OUR LUCK
ALL MY DADDY HAD TO DRIVE
WAS HIS OLD PICK-UP TRUCK
I STILL LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
NINE MILES FROM TOWN
DIRT ROADS ARE PAVED NOW
THE PINES ARE STILL AROUND
WOKE UP EVERY MORNIN'
TO THE SOUND OF DADDY PLAYIN'
SONGS FROM HIS HEART
ON HIS OLD WORN HARP
PLAYED THEM LONESOME TRAIN SONGS
THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO SING ALONG
HOW HE STARTED HIS DAY
THEN HE WAS ON HIS WAY
I WAS BORN IN THE COUNTRY
NINE MILES FROM TOWN
DIRT ROADS ARE PAVED NOW
THE TREES ARE STILL AROUND
THE DIRT ROADS ARE PAVED NOW
THE TREES ARE STILL AROUND
© 2018 Tony Harris
