Small Town Southern Man

[ti:Small Town Southern Man] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Essential Country: Cowboy Classics, Vol. 4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.60]Small Town Southern Man - The Hit Crew [00:02.69] [00:19.40]Born the middle son [00:20.44] [00:21.23]Of a farmer [00:22.31]And a small town [00:23.54]Southern man [00:24.12] [00:26.42]Like his daddy's daddy [00:28.55]Before him [00:29.40]Brought up workin’ [00:30.74]On the land [00:31.46] [00:33.85]Fell in love [00:34.74]With a small town woman [00:36.65]And they married up [00:37.99]And settled down [00:38.69] [00:41.04]Natural way of life [00:42.75]If you're lucky [00:43.82]For a small town [00:45.22]Southern man [00:45.86] [00:50.19]First there came four [00:51.78]Pretty daughters [00:52.96]For this small town [00:54.29]Southern man [00:54.83] [00:57.18]Then a few years later [00:59.02]Came another [00:59.60] [01:00.22]A boy he wasn't planned [01:01.94] [01:04.36]Seven people [01:04.93] [01:05.52]Living all together [01:06.76] [01:07.30]In a house built [01:08.58]With his own hands [01:09.47] [01:11.70]Little words with love [01:13.29]And understanding [01:14.43]From a small town [01:15.74]Southern man [01:16.33] [01:19.51]And he bowed his head [01:21.75]To Jesus [01:22.52] [01:23.15]And he stood for Uncle Sam [01:25.53] [01:26.63]And he only loved one woman [01:29.25] [01:30.16]He was always proud [01:31.83]Of what he had [01:32.82] [01:34.10]He said his [01:35.21]Greatest contribution [01:36.28] [01:37.46]Is the ones you leave behind [01:40.09] [01:42.39]Raised on the ways [01:44.08]And gentle kindness [01:45.31]Of a small town Southern man [01:47.18] [01:59.10]Callous hands told the story [02:01.36]For this small town [02:02.68]Southern man [02:03.30] [02:05.61]He gave it all to [02:06.98]Keep it all together [02:08.63]And keep his family [02:09.59]On his land [02:10.36] [02:12.88]Like his daddy [02:13.98]Years wore out his body [02:15.85]Made it hard just to [02:17.26]Walk and stand [02:17.90] [02:19.44]You can break the back [02:21.26]But you can't [02:22.37]Break the spirit [02:23.26]Of a small town Southern man [02:24.98] [02:28.05]And he bowed his head [02:30.10]To Jesus [02:30.71] [02:31.71]And he stood for Uncle Sam [02:34.05] [02:35.04]And he only loved one woman [02:37.92] [02:38.83]He was always proud of [02:40.73]What he had [02:41.38] [02:42.74]He said his [02:43.73]Greatest contribution [02:44.69] [02:46.05]Is the ones you leave behind [02:48.50] [02:50.77]Raised on the ways [02:52.61]And gentle kindness [02:53.41] [02:53.92]Of a small town Southern man [02:55.71] [03:18.61]Finally death came callin’ [03:21.08]For this small town [03:22.32]Southern man [03:22.84] [03:24.25]He said it's alright ’ [03:26.27]Cause I see angels [03:28.06]And they got me by the hand [03:29.70] [03:32.47]Don't you cry [03:33.03] [03:33.56]And don't you worry [03:35.41]I'm blessed [03:36.19]And I know I am [03:37.55] [03:39.58]'Cause God has [03:40.71]A place in Heaven [03:42.34]For a small town Southern man [03:44.22] [03:47.52]And he bowed his head [03:49.62]To Jesus [03:50.31] [03:51.06]And he stood for Uncle Sam [03:53.59] [03:54.53]And he only loved one woman [03:57.21] [03:58.19]He was always proud of [04:00.01]What he had [04:00.70] [04:02.14]He said his [04:03.15]Greatest contribution [04:04.19] [04:05.44]Is the ones you leave behind [04:07.89] [04:10.46]Raised on the ways [04:12.06]And gentle kindness [04:13.32]Of a small town Southern man [04:15.06] [04:17.69]Raised on the ways [04:19.16]And gentle kindness [04:20.38]Of a small town Southern man