Back Upon an old dirt road
Next to a swamp full of toads
with three little kids and a momma
to plant those 'taters and
v1.Papa can I hear you playin for me..
v2.momma can I hear you singin to me..
v3.brother can I hear you callin me..
Little brother was never quite right
he used to sit on the floor in the sunlight
that danced on the beams in the window
sister had to cook and clean
cuz momma she got sick and lean
sometimes I think she just got that way missin poppa
well every thing has changed today
little brother he was taken away
sister, she married a soldier and lives in Toledo
And me I'm in a Nashville bar
and I've never been so far..
from that old gravel road
and the rivers that run through my mem'ry