By The Glow Of The Kerosene Li-The Once

[ti:By The Glow Of The Kerosene Li] [ar:The Once] [al:Row Upon Row Of The People They Know] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]By The Glow Of The Kerosene Li - The Once [00:03.48]I remember the time when my grandpa and I [00:08.73] [00:09.62]Would sit by the fire at night [00:13.11] [00:15.65]And I listened to stories of how he once lived [00:21.82]By the glow of the kerosene light [00:25.94] [00:28.10]By the glow of the kerosene light [00:32.21] [00:34.74]He said mom and dad send me off to school [00:40.11] [00:41.09]Where I learned how to read and to write [00:45.06] [00:47.19]And they listened for hours [00:49.63] [00:50.47]As I read from my books [00:52.77] [00:53.67]By the glow of the kerosene light [00:57.62] [01:00.15]By the glow of the kerosene light [01:04.25] [01:06.67]Your grandma and I we were wed at 16 [01:11.68] [01:12.87]Lord she was a beautiful sight [01:16.84] [01:19.07]And proudly I placed the ring on her hand [01:24.63] [01:25.21]By the glow of the kerosene light [01:29.51] [01:31.65]By the glow of the kerosene light [01:36.11] [01:38.62]About one year later your Daddy was born [01:44.19] [01:44.89]And your grandma held my hand so tight [01:49.04] [01:51.17]On I can't tell the joy as she brought forth new life [01:57.01] [01:57.73]By the glow of the kerosene light [02:01.97] [02:04.43]By the glow of the kerosene light [02:08.64] [02:11.26]But having her child it did weaken her so [02:16.61] [02:17.61]She just wasn't up to the fight [02:21.37] [02:24.02]And she looked so peaceful she went to her rest [02:29.85] [02:30.59]By the glow of the kerosene light [02:34.37] [02:37.13]By the glow of the kerosene light [02:41.54] [02:44.76]Then as now the times they were hard [02:49.94] [02:50.55]To succeed you would try all your might [02:54.65] [02:57.17]And sometimes love bloomed and sometimes dreams die [03:03.71] [03:07.09]By the glow of the kerosene light [03:11.34] [03:14.01]By the glow of the kerosene light [03:19.22] [03:20.45]By the glow of the kerosene light