I NEVER HAD
A PAIR OF SHOES
THAT WEREN'T OLD
HAND ME DOWNS
AND DADDY'S
MORNING COFFEE
CAME FROM OL'
LEFT OVER GROUNDS
MY MAMA
WORE NO JEWELRY
OR ANY
STORE BOUGHT STUFF
AND HOME WAS ON
A HILLSIDE
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF
FORTY MILES
BACK IN MISSOURI
THERE'S A DIFFERENT
WAY OF LIFE
WHERE A MAN THINKS
OF HIS NEIGHBOR
AND NOT HIS
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
LIFE IS FAR FROM FANCY
SOMETIMES
MIGHTY ROUGH
BUT CONTENTMENT
MAKES IT WORTH IT
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF
OUR ONLY
FAMILY TREASURE
WAS A BEAT UP RADIO
BUT IT TOOK US
TO THE PLACES
WHERE WE KNEW
WE'D NEVER GO
WE NEVER HAD
MUCH MONEY
BUT WE ALWAYS
HAD ENOUGH
'CAUSE MONEY
NEVER MATTERED MUCH
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF
FORTY MILES
BACK IN MISSOURI
THERE'S A DIFFERENT
WAY OF LIFE
WHERE A MAN THINKS
OF HIS NEIGHBOR
AND NOT HIS
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
LIFE IS FAR FROM FANCY
SOMETIMES
MIGHTY ROUGH
BUT CONTENTMENT
MAKES IT WORTH IT
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WELL NEARLY
EVERY WINTER
WHEN THE SNOW
WAS ON THE GROUND
AND THE ROADS
WOULD ALL BE CLOSED
AND WE COULDN'T
GET TO TOWN
BUT IF DADDY
HAD HIS TOBACCO
GRANDMA
HAD HER SNUFF
THEN THE WINTERS
DIDN'T SEEM SO LONG
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF
FORTY MILES
BACK IN MISSOURI
THERE'S A DIFFERENT
WAY OF LIFE
WHERE A MAN THINKS
OF HIS NEIGHBOR
AND NOT HIS
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
LIFE IS FAR FROM FANCY
SOMETIMES
MIGHTY ROUGH
BUT CONTENTMENT
MAKES IT WORTH IT
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF
FORTY MILES
FROM POPLAR BLUFF