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Rodney Atkins
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My Old Man
Lyricist:Rodney A. Atkins, Owen T. Hewitt
I got a picture of him, barefoot in the mud Behind his grandpa's plow an' two great mules When he turned ten years old, in May 8, '53 He grew up fearin' God in Washburn, Tennessee
The closest thing he had to a dad was his Uncle Bob An' he could only dream of things like little league baseball An' that little boy with big blue eyes And calloused hands became my old man
Well, she was a Kentucky girl, born on Valentine's Day The fourth child of five to my grandma, Eula May So shy and beautiful with sunset hair and emerald eyes Her Daddy spent his life workin' in the coal mines
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Now in my eyes, all my life, my Daddy's been a Saint But even Saints need Angels to show them the way And over thirty-seven years ago, he asked for Margaret Lynn's hand And that Angel married my old man
And there were times I tried to buck the truthful things they said And now I'm glad that more than once they rattled my stubborn head 'Cause my folks are just like mountains, I looked at from afar But now the closer I get to them, the bigger they are
The time seems to fly anymore and the holidays are so far apart There's no way a phone call could express what's in my heart So this is just a song to say how thankful I am For Mama and my old man, for Mama and Dad
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