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Thread #10633 Message #4061717
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
27-Jun-20 - 12:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/ADD: John Prine songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: John Prine songs
Lyrics from LyricFind very close to those on jpshrine.
Transcribed from Souvenirs; fifteen new recordings of classic songs (2000)
Grandpa wore his suit to dinner Nearly every day No particular reason He just dressed that way Brown necktie and a matching vest Both his wingtip shoes He built the closet on our back porch And put a penny in a burned-out fuse
Grandpa was a carpenter He built houses, stores and banks Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes And hammered nails in planks He was level on the level He shaved even every door And voted for Eisenhower 'Cause Lincoln won the war
Well, he used to sing me "Blood On The Saddle" And rock me on his knee And let me listen to the radio Before we got T.V. Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday And he'd take me with him too Stained glass in every window Hearing aids in every pew
Chorus
Now my Grandma was a teacher She went to school in Bowling Green Traded in a milking cow For a Singer sewing machine Well, she called her husband "Mister" And she walked real tall and pride* She used to buy me comic books After Grandpa died
Chorus
* He seems to sing 'pride' to rhyme with 'died'.
"My dad went to 11 different schools because Grandpa was a carpenter. He died when I was about 7 or 8. He built the Bank on 4th and Madison...man, Grandpa used to take me everywhere. After I sang the song for a bunch of my family, a couple of my Aunts pulled me aside to tell me that he didn't smoke Camels, he smoked Kools." John Prine