Lyrics Grandpa Was a Carpenter.lrc John Prine
[id: pshjirfo]
[ar: John Prine]
[al: Sweet Revenge]
[ti: Grandpa Was a Carpenter]
[length: 02:11]
[00:01.29]Grandpa wore his suit to dinner
[00:03.84]Nearly every day
[00:06.19]No particular reason
[00:08.58]He just dressed that way
[00:10.88]Brown necktie and a matching vest
[00:13.28]And both his wingtip shoes
[00:15.50]He built a closet on our back porch
[00:17.73]And put a penny in a burned out fuse.
[00:20.47]Grandpa was a carpenter
[00:22.66]He built houses stores and banks
[00:25.36]Chain smoked camel cigarettes
[00:27.51]And hammered nails in planks
[00:29.84]He was level on the level
[00:31.92]And shaved even every door
[00:34.77]And voted for eisenhower
[00:36.92]’Cause lincoln won the war.
[00:44.55]Well, he used to sing me “blood on the saddle”
[00:47.78]And rock me on his knee
[00:49.93]And let me listen to radio
[00:52.49]Before we got t.v.
[00:54.65]Well, he’d drive to church on sunday
[00:56.96]And take me with him too!
[00:59.21]Stained glass in every window
[01:01.48]Hearing aids in every pew.
[01:04.07]Grandpa was a carpenter
[01:06.40]He built houses stores and banks
[01:08.91]Chain smoked camel cigarettes
[01:11.00]And hammered nails in planks
[01:13.12]He was level on the level
[01:15.59]And shaved even every door
[01:18.06]And voted for eisenhower
[01:20.23]’Cause lincoln won the war.
[01:28.73]Now my grandma was a teacher
[01:30.85]Went to school in bowling green
[01:33.40]Traded in a milking cow
[01:35.51]For a singer sewing machine
[01:37.94]She called her husband “mister”
[01:40.20]And walked real tall and pride
[01:42.84]And used to buy me comic books
[01:45.12]After grandpa died.
[01:47.57]Grandpa was a carpenter
[01:49.61]He built houses stores and banks
[01:52.23]Chain smoked camel cigarettes
[01:54.52]And hammered nails in planks
[01:56.93]He was level on the level
[01:59.01]And shaved even every door
[02:01.54]And voted for eisenhower
[02:03.98]’Cause lincoln won the war.
[02:09.90]Year of Release: 1973