Luyện nghe bài hát Kentucky Feb. 27, '71

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

Pretty the blacktop disappeared
I the car change to a lower gear
I took a drink of liquor to chase away the chill
I was 27 miles from Olive

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

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

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

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

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

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