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Grandpa Was A Carpenter
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John Prine
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Grandpa wore his suit to dinner
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Nearly every day
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No particular reason
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He just dressed that way
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Brown necktie and a matching vest
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And both his wingtip shoes
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He built a closet on our back porch
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And put a penny in a burned out fuse.
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Chorus:
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Grandpa was a carpenter
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He built houses stores and banks
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Chain smoked camel cigarettes
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And hammered nails in planks
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He was level on the level
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And shaved even every door
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And voted for eisenhower
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'cause lincoln won the war.
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Well, he used to sing me "blood on the saddle"
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And rock me on his knee
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And let me listen to radio
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Before we got T. V.
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Well, he'd drive to church on sunday
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And take me with him too!
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Stained glass in every window
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Hearing aids in every pew.
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Repeat chorus:
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Now my grandma was a teacher
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Went to school in bowling green
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Traded in a milking cow
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For a singer sewing machine
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She called her husband "mister"
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And walked real tall and pride
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And used to buy me comic books
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After grandpa died.
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