Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
x2
When father bought the farm, we sold the farm
Mistook his blood for rustic charm
Sold his ghost as an antique to the
city
Kids today cant hold a spade, rest in peace your weary trade
In this world there is no place, such a pity
The barman shakes his head and fills my glass
Says were living in the past
Why preserve a dying craft and its misery?
I sigh and say another modern man,
One of property, not land
So I hold out this battered hand
Will you listen?
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Come sit down, were lamenting
About yesterdays sad ending
About the water in my whiskey
And the brass passed off as gold
Another round, were descending
In to Old Tyme Memry
Of a day when wood was wooden
Silver silver, gold was gold
Sweet home was home
So youve got a new stove in your second home
Runs on gas but looks like oak
Hell, it even gives off smoke and glowing embers
Theres a quilt hung on the wall reads Home Sweet Home
Below some wise word from Thoreau
And they call me throwback when I cry Remember!
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And son these tools are artifacts
Endangered species left its tracks
Lock me up behind plastic glass in the city
Cos theres no going back for me
This antique rustics eulogy
Shall be sold as folk artistry
Such a pity...
But Ill never understand
Why they all only use those hands
To build a stead that will always stand in old time country
But settle for white rooms and hollow doors
Paper ceilings, padded floors
Luxury boxes where youre stored in what was country.
(Chorus Twice)