An Old Piece Of Wood (Live)-Graeme Connors

[ti:An Old Piece Of Wood (Live)] [ar:Graeme Connors] [al:#1 Hits Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An Old Piece Of Wood (Live) - Graeme Connors [00:14.43]My daddy was a farmer a simple man [00:16.74] [00:17.42]Quick with his mind and good with his hands [00:20.28]A real hard worker with a soft side too [00:22.88]Never made a lot of money but he made do [00:25.57]And I can well remember after supper each night [00:28.62]He'd sit on the front porch smoking his pipe [00:31.66]Take a piece of timber and whittle away [00:34.32]And there'd be a surprise for us next day [00:37.47]A sailing boat or a wooden gun [00:40.46]A doll for my sister a comb for my mom [00:43.09]We were all amazed at the way he could [00:46.06]Make anything he wanted from an old piece of wood [00:49.37] [00:54.05]Well my thirteenth birthday was drawing near [00:56.87]And as bad luck goes it was a real good year [00:59.79]The weather went wrong the crops were poor [01:02.68]And the banker was howling at our front door [01:05.38]You know my friends and I'd just found rock n roll [01:08.34]So I was hoping for a little pocket radio [01:11.27]But when the big day finally came around [01:14.06] [01:14.58]My daddy said son don't want to let you down [01:16.92]Though what I got for you not what you had in mind [01:20.01]It's the best I could do in these hard times [01:22.99]Then my eyes lit up when I understood [01:25.96]What he'd made for me from an old piece of wood [01:30.04] [01:31.50]An old piece of wood carved real fine [01:36.00] [01:36.97]Some fencing wire and some fishing line [01:41.66] [01:42.90]And I had a guitar like Johnny.B.Goode [01:47.76] [01:48.72]Man I was proud of that old piece of wood [01:54.60] [02:20.80]Years have gone by and change gone down [02:23.72]My daddy sold the farm and moved into town [02:26.00] [02:26.94]My little sister married and moved away [02:29.63]My momma's hair turned silver grey [02:32.36]A farmers life was not enough for me [02:35.25]I had bigger plans for what to do and be [02:38.12]So now I make my living travelling the land [02:41.13]Picking hot guitar in a country band [02:44.13]And many a time when I'm up on the stage [02:46.86]I think of my daddy and the present he gave me [02:49.81]Though I don't see him as much as I should [02:52.52]I thank him every night for that old piece of wood [02:56.64] [02:57.88]An old piece of wood carved real fine [03:02.58] [03:03.62]Some fencing wire and some fishing line [03:08.43] [03:09.51]I had a guitar I was Johnny.B.Goode [03:14.48] [03:15.23]Man I was proud of that old piece of wood [03:20.94] [03:22.13]An old piece of wood carved real fine [03:26.55] [03:27.50]Some fencing wire and some fishing line [03:33.12]And I had a guitar I wish Johnny.B.Goode [03:39.40]I built my life on an old piece of wood