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we kept chickens in a pen in the back
and everybody said we was po' folks
my daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us
we kept chickens in a pen in the back
and everybody said we was po' folks
my daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us
you ain't never did no that
folks ain't built like me
folks ain't got it like that
you ain't never did no that
folks ain't built like me
folks ain't got it like that
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some folks' lives roll easy as a breeze
drifting through a summer night
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some folks' lives roll easy as a breeze
drifting through a summer night
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some folks' lives roll easy as a breeze
drifting through a summer night
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some folks' lives roll easy as a breeze
drifting through a summer night
but i can see you need a change
some folks get tired of the rain
some folks get tired of the rain
but i can see you need a change
some folks get tired of the rain
some folks get tired of the rain
i would go along with someone like you. it doesn't matter what you did or who you're hanging with
we could stick around and see this night through. and we don't care about the young folks talkin' 'bout the young style
and we don't care about the old folks talkin' 'bout the old style too. and we don't care about their own folks talkin' 'bout their own style
i would go along with someone like you. it doesn't matter what you did or who you're hanging with
we could stick around and see this night through. and we don't care about the young folks talkin' 'bout the young style
and we don't care about the old folks talkin' 'bout the old style too. and we don't care about their own folks talkin' 'bout their own style
my dear old swanee
i'd give the world to be among the folks in
d-i-x-i-e-ven now my mammy's waiting for me
my dear old swanee
i'd give the world to be among the folks in
d-i-x-i-e-ven now my mammy's waiting for me
my dear old swanee
i'd give the world to be among the folks in
d-i-x-i-e-ven now my mammy's waiting for me
my dear old swanee
i'd give the world to be among the folks in
d-i-x-i-e-ven now my mammy's waiting for me
you know all the songs as well as i do
this one's for the folks out on the road
you fight the crowds for autographs and pictures
you know all the songs as well as i do
this one's for the folks out on the road
you fight the crowds for autographs and pictures
and there's where
there's where the old folks stay
all the world is sad
and there's where
there's where the old folks stay
all the world is sad
yeah
if you and your folks love me and my folks like
me and my folks love you and your folks
yeah
if you and your folks love me and my folks like
me and my folks love you and your folks