Grandpa Was A Carpenter
John Prine

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Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day
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No particular reason - He just dressed that way
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Brown necktie and a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes
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He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned out fuse

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Grandpa was a carpenter. He built houses stores and banks
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Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks
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He was level on the level and shaved even every door
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And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war

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Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle" and rock me on his knee
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And let me listen to radio before we got T.V.
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Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and take me with him too
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Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew

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Grandpa was a carpenter. He built houses stores and banks
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Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks
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He was level on the level and shaved even every door
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And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war

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Now my grandma was a teacher. Went to school in Bowling Green
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Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine
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She called her husband "Mister" and walked real tall with pride
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And used to buy me comic books after grandpa died

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Grandpa was a carpenter. He built houses stores and banks
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Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks
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He was level on the level and shaved even every door
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And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war