One of the patients we cared for was asked, "Why have you not seen a doctor in these past 40 years?"
He responded, "I'm too strong, and I'm too poor for all that."
lyrics
I was raised up down a long dirt road
On the wrong side of town
Mama she she loved me, she kiss and she hug me
She would’ve laid her body down
From the sun when it’s rising, to the big orange setting
she worked her fingers to the bone
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She’s (I’m) too strong and too poor
To come and lay her troubles down at your door
She’s (I’m) too strong and too poor
Come on and lay it down
Got my sea legs when I was 18
Hauling aircraft cross the sea
Weren’t no jobs in my old hometown
And uncle sam he wanted me
Now my back is aching, my skin’s all leathered now
I’m as heartsick as I could be
CHORUS
Came on back to the same old dirt road
Never taught we could hope for more
I found me a job,and no matter how I try
I’m just barely scraping by
But I met me a sweet girl, she called me her captain
Then I lost her when I lost my second son
CHORUS
Oh this world has bled me dry
I feel my body breaking now
I’ve had love, and I’ve lost my fare share
I didn’t waste my time crying
Now time is running thin for this old man
But I’m not too proud for dyin'
CHORUS
credits
from Another Home,
released June 27, 2015
Vocals and lyrics- Nicky Bee
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