Small Town Southern Man-Alan Jackson

[ti:Small Town Southern Man] [ar:Alan Jackson] [al:The Essential Alan Jackson] [by:] [offset:0] [00:18.21]Born the middle son [00:19.83]Of a farmer [00:21.08]And a small town [00:22.32]Southern man [00:22.95] [00:25.07]Like his daddy’s daddy [00:27.13]Before him [00:28.01]Brought up workin’ [00:29.07]On the land [00:29.82] [00:32.38]Fell in love [00:33.31]With a small town woman [00:35.25]And they married up [00:36.74]And settled down [00:37.55] [00:39.49]Natural way of life [00:41.17]If you’re lucky [00:42.42]For a small town [00:43.55]Southern man [00:44.23] [00:48.78]First there came four [00:50.34]Pretty daughters [00:51.47]For this small town [00:52.78]Southern man [00:53.40] [00:55.96]Then a few years later [00:57.27]Came another [00:58.45]A boy he wasn’t planned [01:01.01] [01:03.07]Seven people [01:03.63]Living all together [01:05.13] [01:05.69]In a house built [01:07.25]With his own hands [01:08.13] [01:10.19]Little words with love [01:11.31] [01:11.87]And understanding [01:12.31]From a small town [01:14.24]Southern man [01:14.74] [01:17.99]And he bowed his head [01:20.23]To Jesus [01:21.29]And he stood for Uncle Sam [01:23.79] [01:25.29]And he only loved one woman [01:27.47] [01:28.84]He was always proud [01:30.53]Of what he had [01:31.53] [01:32.71]He said his [01:33.65]Greatest contribution [01:34.58] [01:36.21]Is the ones you leave behind [01:38.27] [01:40.82]Raised on the ways [01:43.07]And gentle kindness [01:44.13]Of a small town Southern man [01:45.75] [01:57.86]Callous hands told the story [01:59.98]For this small town [02:01.35]Southern man [02:01.98] [02:04.35]He gave it all to [02:05.72]Keep it all together [02:06.66]And keep his family [02:08.34]On his land [02:09.15] [02:11.71]Like his daddy [02:12.65]Years wore out his body [02:14.40]Made it hard just to [02:16.08]Walk and stand [02:16.70] [02:18.14]You can break the back [02:19.95]But you can’t [02:21.20]Break the spirit [02:22.01]Of a small town Southern man [02:23.44] [02:26.56]And he bowed his head [02:28.62]To Jesus [02:29.56] [02:30.25]And he stood for Uncle Sam [02:32.55]And he only loved one woman [02:36.05] [02:37.23]He was always proud of [02:39.11]What he had [02:39.98] [02:41.29]He said his [02:42.60]Greatest contribution [02:43.72] [02:44.85]Is the ones you leave behind [02:46.84] [02:48.40]Raised on the ways [02:51.34]And gentle kindness [02:52.27]Of a small town Southern man [02:54.27] [03:17.30]Finally death came callin’ [03:19.54]For this small town [03:20.79]Southern man [03:21.48] [03:23.10]He said it’s alright ’ [03:25.03]Cause I see angels [03:26.78]And they got me by the hand [03:28.40] [03:30.84]Don’t you cry [03:31.96]And don’t you worry [03:33.27]I’m blessed [03:34.89]And I know I am [03:35.95] [03:38.20]‘Cause God has [03:39.20]A place in Heaven [03:40.76]For a small town Southern man [03:42.76] [03:45.94]And he bowed his head [03:47.87]To Jesus [03:48.56] [03:49.68]And he stood for Uncle Sam [03:51.87] [03:53.24]And he only loved one woman [03:55.98] [03:56.86]He was always proud of [03:58.98]What he had [03:59.73] [04:00.66]He said his [04:01.60]Greatest contribution [04:02.47] [04:04.03]Is the ones you leave behind [04:06.09] [04:07.90]Raised on the ways [04:10.52]And gentle kindness [04:11.65]Of a small town Southern man [04:13.39] [04:16.26]Raised on the ways [04:17.32]And gentle kindness [04:18.70]Of a small town Southern man