It sure was better back then
Steve Forbert
[Verse 1]
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Working on the Georgia Line the live long day
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Ninety nine degrees and only half past May
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Nailing down the metal with the cross time blues
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I had creosote all over my shoes
[Chorus]
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I hated it, you know, now I find I miss it
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Every time my little pension check rolls in
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Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
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It sure was better back then
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Yeah It sure was better back then
[Verse 2]
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Working in the rain beneath surplus tarp
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Foreman in the wagon twanging a sad Jews harp
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Passing out at night still in my mud caked jeans
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I was living off of berries and beans
[Chorus]
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I hated it, you know, now I swear I miss it
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Every time I look down on my pale white skin
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Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
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It sure was better back then
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It sure was better back then
[Verse 3]
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Well, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled
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Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread
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Sit me by the camp, gonna help the cook clean pans
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And scrub them down with Georgia red sand...
[Chorus]
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I hated it, you know, now I really I miss it
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Staring in my TV till the broadcast ends
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Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
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It sure was better back then
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It sure was better back then
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It sure was better back, one more time,
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It sure was better back then