Johnny Hilton

Lyrics

I want to sing you all a story ‘bout the place that grew my mind
It’ll give you just a little peak inside
Quilt on my bed and like I said that rich dirt was my pride
But I had to leave it just to say I tried
And I’m happy for today, tomorrow’s blind
To see me now you won’t believe that I was once a child
Just a rockin’ on my handsome daddy’s knee
A pitcher pump and a lighter stump and a mule named Dora Lee
They can’t mean the same to you as they do to me


Ain’t a west bound plane a curiousity
‘Cause we had hoe cake in the kitchen and pea vine hay outside
And a dog or two, they loved to auto-ride
All I ever had to do was work off half my hide
But you know they loved me even when I cried
Yes you know they loved me even when I cried


Sat’day evening swimming Moma stops to watch the fun
“You better look out chil’en that river sho’ can run”
When I think of how they raised me it makes me proud to be their son
I can step back now and look and things they’ve done
I hope the best part of their lives has just begun
‘Cause we had hoe cake in the kitchen and pea vine hay outside
And a dog or two, they loved to auto-ride
All I ever had to do was work off half my hide
But you know they loved me even when I cried
Yes you know they loved me even when I cried