BORN THE MIDDLE SON
OF A FARMER
AND A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
LIKE HIS DADDY'S DADDY
BEFORE HIM
BROUGHT UP WORKIN'
ON THE LAND
FELL IN LOVE WITH
A SMALL TOWN WOMAN
AND THEY MARRIED UP
AND SETTLED DOWN
NATURAL WAY OF LIFE
IF YOU'RE LUCKY
FOR A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
FIRST THERE CAME
FOUR PRETTY DAUGHTERS
FOR THIS SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
THEN A FEW YEARS LATER
CAME ANOTHER
A BOY
HE WASN'T PLANNED
SEVEN PEOPLE
LIVIN' ALL TOGETHER
IN A HOUSE BUILT
WITH HIS OWN HANDS
LITTLE WORDS
WITH LOVE
AND UNDERSTANDIN'
FROM A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
AND HE
BOWED HIS HEAD
TO JESUS
AND HE
STOOD FOR UNCLE SAM
AND HE
ONLY LOVED ONE WOMAN
HE'S ALWAYS
PROUD OF WHAT HE HAD
HE SAID HIS
GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
IS THE
ONES HE'LL LEAVE
BEHIND
RAISED ON THE WAYS
AND GENTLE KINDNESS
OF A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
CALLUSSED HANDS
TOLD A STORY
FOR THIS SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
HE GAVE IT ALL
TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER
KEEP HIS FAMILY
ON HIS LAND
LIKE HIS DADDY
YEARS WORE OUT
HIS BODY
MADE IT HARD JUST TO
WALK AND STAND
YOU CAN
BREAK THE BACK
BUT YOU CAN'T
BREAK THE SPIRIT
OF A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
AND HE
BOWED HIS HEAD
TO JESUS
AND HE
STOOD FOR UNCLE SAM
AND HE
ONLY LOVED ONE WOMAN
HE'S ALWAYS
PROUD OF WHAT HE HAD
HE SAID HIS
GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
IS THE
ONES HE'LL LEAVE
BEHIND
RAISED ON THE WAYS
AND GENTLE KINDNESS
OF A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
6 BAR
BREAK
FINALLY DEATH
CAME CALLIN'
FOR THE SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
HE SAID IT'S
ALRIGHT
'CAUSE I SEE ANGELS
AND THEY GOT ME
BY THE HAND
DON'T YOU CRY
AND DON'T YOU WORRY
I'M BLESSED
AND I KNOW I AM
'CAUSE GOD HAS A PLACE
IN HEAVEN
FOR A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
AND HE
BOWED HIS HEAD
TO JESUS
AND HE
STOOD FOR UNCLE SAM
AND HE
ONLY LOVED ONE WOMAN
HE'S ALWAYS
PROUD OF WHAT HE HAD
HE SAID HIS
GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
IS THE
ONES HE'LL LEAVE
BEHIND
RAISED ON THE WAYS
AND GENTLE KINDNESS
OF A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN
RAISED ON THE WAYS
AND GENTLE KINDNESS
OF A SMALL TOWN
SOUTHERN MAN