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The Carpenter
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Guy Clark
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Let us now praise a carpenter and the things that he made
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And the way that he lived by the tools of his trade
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I can still hear his hammer singing ten penny time
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Working by the hour till the day he died
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Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel
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Fair as a plane and true as a level
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He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule
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He was square with the world he took good care of his tools
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Oh he worked his hands in wood from the crib to the coffin
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With a care and a love you don't see too often
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He built boats out of wood big boats working in a shipyard
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Mansions on the hill and a birdhouse in the backyard
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He was tough as a crowbar
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He said anything that's worth cuttin' down a tree for
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Is worth doin' right don't the Lord love a two by four
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Well they asked him how to do some he'd say just like Noah built the ark
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You got to hold your mouth right son and never miss your mark
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To be tough as a crowbar
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