Tonalité : Bb major
Verse 1
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I asked
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mama many times what kept papa so far behind
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What in the world was holding
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my daddy down
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Papa always dropped his head, but he seemed so afraid,
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like he was carrying a heavy burden all the time.
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There was a man up in the big house, your papa was afraid to speak out,
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the man kept my daddy's nose right on the ground.
Girl, your papa, was mighty good
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He was doin' the best he could
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just for you
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Twelve kids, he had a heavy load
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He couldn't walk the front road
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On his face he always wore a frown
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It was for you and the others too, he was trying to make it through,
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he had to take the back road into town
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Every year your papa would say, next year we're gonna move away,
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I wanna take my children away from here
He said, I've almost lost my fear,
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I'm gonna take a stand
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and be the man
But then the man would come
from the big house
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Daddy would always back out
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behind the plow
But 12 kids, had a heavy load
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He couldn't walk the front of the road
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On his face he always wore a frown
It was for you and the others too
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He was trying to make it through
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road into town
When he finally made up his mind
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Your daddy had wasted too much time
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Your papa just put it off a little too long
Cause all the years that papa was sleepin'
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All the time kept right on creepin'
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Till it was time for him to lay
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his body down
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He did it all against his will
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It got lost back in them fields
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My daddy never made
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it into town
Well, kids, had a heavy load
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He couldn't walk the front road
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ways wore a crown
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It was for you and the others, too
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He was tryin' to make it through
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Oh, but he had to take the
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back road into town
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Oh, kids, yeah, oh, hell no
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He couldn't walk the front road
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On his face he always
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wore a frown
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It was for you and the others, too
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He was tryin' to make it through
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back road in this town
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Oh, 12 kids he had
He couldn't walk the front road
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