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Ed Bruce
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Lord, put your hand to the handle of my hoe
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Let me make another step, help me go another row
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Even know I'm tired, got to try to make a dollar
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For my wife and kids, living over in the holler
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Every morning I get up and look at the sky
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And I know if I'm gonna work lord, the sun's gotta shine
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But I'm gettin old before my time, broke down body and mind
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And sometimes when I don't see a rain cloud floatin by
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Lord I just feel like dyin
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My pa used to tell me when I was a boy
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Son them big white fleely clouds ain't nothin
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But the cottonfields of the Lord
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So after all these years of plantin and choppin and pickin
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If I do get to the heaven lord like I've been tryin
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And them clouds be what pa said so
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Lord, I hope your angels know how to use a hoe
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Lord, put your hand to the handle of my hoe
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Let me make another step, help me go another row
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Even know I'm tired, got to try to make a dollar
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For my wife and kids, living over in the holler
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The boss plane came down at the house a few days before christmas last year
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He asked what me and the missis had planned christmas day
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I kinda laughed and like we could have plans, we just hadn't it settle on that way
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He asked to missis we come up and cook christmas dinner for him and his
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Said to bring the whole family and join in the tri manse
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Well, we went up to big house Lord, and I never saw such an evening
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And the boss's wife give all my kids brand new shoes to warm their feets
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And I guess maybe I cried a little
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And that night, when I got home, I got down on my knees
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And I thanked to you lord, remember
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Lord, put your hand to the handle of my hoe
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Let me make another step, help me go another row
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Even know I'm tired, got to try to make a dollar
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For my wife and kids, living over in the holler
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And then there was a time my wife said You just got to slow down, man
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I said, honey, I got make it while I can
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So I worked three days, Lord, without stopping
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For Miss Simmons down the road, had wood needed chopping
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Sam Fallow over east, had hay needed bailing
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Old man Turner wanted his holler fixed before time spring planting
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The fourth day I was down on my back, Lord
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But I got it all done before the sky turned black
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Now, I ain't complaining Lord, but sometimes when you see me stumble
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Reach down and lift the hand on my sack
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Make my hammer a little lighter, and my dollar a little stronger
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Lord, Make my days a little shorter and my nights a little longer
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And if there's anything
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I can do for you, Lord
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Let me know what's to be done
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And I will be done
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Well, goodnight, Lord
Ed Bruce - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
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