HE WAS STANDIN' IN
THE RUBBLE
OF AN OLD FARM HOUSE
OUTSIDE BIRMINGHAM
WHEN SOME
ON THE SCENE
REPORTER
STUCK A CAMERA
IN THE FACE OF
THAT OLD MAN
HE SAID TELL THE FOLKS
PLEASE MISTER
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
NOW THAT THIS TWISTER
HAS TAKEN ALL
THAT'S DEAR TO YOU
THE OLD MAN
JUST SMILED
AND SAID BOY
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHIN'
THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'
HE SAID
I LOST MY DADDY
WHEN I WAS
EIGHT YEARS OLD
THAT CAVE-IN
AT THE KINCAID MINE
LEFT A BIG OL' HOLE
AND I LOST
MY BABY BROTHER
MY BEST FRIEND
AND MY LEFT HAND
IN A NO WIN
SITUATION
IN A PLACE
CALLED VIETNAM
AND LAST YEAR
I WATCHED
MY LOVIN' WIFE
OF FIFTY YEARS
WASTE AWAY AND DIE
AND I HELD HER HAND
'TIL HER HEART OF GOLD
STOPPED PUMPIN'
SO THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'
HE SAID I LEARNED
AT AN EARLY AGE
THERE'S THINGS
THAT MATTER
AND THERE'S THINGS
THAT DON'T
SO IF YOU'RE WAITIN'
HERE FOR ME TO CRY
I HATE TO
DISAPPOINT
YOU BOY
BUT I WON'T
THEN HE REACHED
DOWN IN THE RUBBLE
AND PICKED UP
A PHOTOGRAPH
WIPED THE DIRT
OFF OF IT
WITH THE HAND
THAT HE STILL HAD
HE PUT IT TO HIS LIPS
AND SAID MAN
SHE WAS SOMETHIN'
BUT THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'
HE SAID
I LOST MY DADDY
WHEN I WAS
EIGHT YEARS OLD
THAT CAVE-IN
AT THE KINCAID MINE
LEFT A BIG OL' HOLE
AND I LOST
MY BABY BROTHER
MY BEST FRIEND
AND MY LEFT HAND
IN A NO WIN
SITUATION
IN A PLACE
CALLED VIETNAM
AND LAST YEAR
I WATCHED
MY LOVIN' WIFE
OF FIFTY YEARS
WASTE AWAY AND DIE
WE WERE HOLDIN' HANDS
WHEN HER HEART OF GOLD
STOPPED PUMPIN'
SO THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'
HE SAID THIS AIN'T
NOTHIN' TIME
WON'T ERASE
THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'
MONEY CAN'T REPLACE
HE SAID YOU
SIT AND WATCH
YOUR LOVIN' WIFE
OF FIFTY YEARS
FIGHTIN' FOR HER LIFE
THEN YOU HOLD HER HAND
'TIL HER HEART OF GOLD
STOPS PUMPIN'
YEAH BOY
THAT'S SOMETHIN'
SO THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'
NO THIS AIN'T NOTHIN'