Luyện nghe bài hát Kentucky Feb. 27, '71

There signs beside the road like "Jesus Saves"
And "Relieve yourself the fast and way"
I was lookin' for an old man who lived way back in these
Who might have a story I could tell

Pretty the blacktop disappeared
I felt the car change to a gear
I took a drink of liquor just to chase the chill
I was 27 miles Olive Hill

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

They told me this old-timer knew land
I told him, "Sir, I don't understand
Why the kids in this state just grow up and move
And leave the where they were born and raised."

He said, "Son, you can't make it on land
you're happy workin' with your hands
There ain't no today that wanna stay and work it out
They wanna see the things hear about."

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

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

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