A few days 'fore
he turned eighty
He was sittin' out back
in a rocker
He said
What you been up to lately
I told him chasin' a dollar
And in between sips of coffee
He poured this wisdom out
Said if you want my two cents
on makin' a dollar count
Buy dirt
Find the one you can't
live without
Get a ring
Let your knee hit the ground
Do what you love
But call it work
And throw a little money
in the plate at church
Send your prayers up
And your roots down deep
Add a few limbs
to your family tree
And watch their pencils marks
and the grass in the yard
all grow up
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
You can't buy happiness
But you can buy dirt
Before you get caught
on that ladder
Let me tell you what it's
all about
Find you a few things
that matter
That you can put a
fence around
And then he laid it out
Buy dirt
Find the one you can't
live without
Get a ring
Let your knee hit the ground
Do what you love
But call it work
And throw a little money
in the plate at church
Send your prayers up
And your roots down deep
And add a few limbs
to your family tree
And watch their pencils marks
and the grass in the yard
all grow up
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
You can't buy happiness
But you can buy dirt
You can buy dirt
And thank the good Lord
for it
'Cause He ain't makin' any
more of it
So buy dirt
Find the one you can't
live without
Get a ring
Let your knee hit the ground
Do what you love
But call it work
And throw a little money
in the plate at church
Send your prayers up
And your roots down deep
Add a few limbs
to your family tree
Watch their pencils marks
and the grass in the yard
all grow up
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
You can't buy happiness
But you can buy dirt