Luyện nghe bài hát Kentucky Feb. 27, '71

There were signs beside the like "Jesus Saves"
And "Relieve the fast and gentle way"
I was for an old man who lived way back in these hills
Who just might have a story I could

soon the blacktop disappeared
I felt the car to a lower gear
I took a drink of liquor to chase away the chill
I was 27 miles Olive Hill

I saw the bridge where I turned right
A dirt led straight up a mountainside
I up to a farmhouse I thought I had seen before
An old man and his dog at the door

They told me this old-timer knew land
I told him, "Sir, I just understand
Why the kids in this state just grow up and away
And leave the where they were born and raised."

He said, "Son, you make it on this land
Unless you're happy with your hands
There no kids today that wanna stay and work it out
They see the things they hear about."

He said, "I cleared this whole farm off
And I'd it now but time has got my health."
starin' out the window restin' in his easy chair
He me what I'd really come to hear

"You know, son, used to tell their kids
'Now, I want you to have to work the way I did.'
They don't and some will tell you that a shame
But you have to before you place the blame."

I guess we must have talked for a day
'Til I him that I'd best be on my way
He my hand and said, "I'm glad I met you, Mr. Hall
But I guess ain't no song here after all."