john henry bell - gatlin johnson lyrics
[verse 1]
it’s a story too good not to tell
about, you, me, randall, and papaw bell
he said, don’t run, boys stay and swat ‘em like men
[verse 2]
well we couldn’t believe
there were so many bees
in that old goose down bed that he put up in the rafters
of that p*ss poor built garage
[verse 3]
papaw swatted till he thought they were gone
but he could not have been much more wrong
as one had founds its way in his sweaty old cowboy hat
[verse 4]
never heard him yelp until that day
so we laughed and cried when he ran away
but whеn he returned wе went right back to work
[chorus]
that’s the way it always was when we worked for papaw bell
didn’t have a choice and some days it felt like h*ll
no soy boy appeal, he was a hard old man
we were manly boys and we did the work he planned
[verse 5]
said put your head down boys, working don’t mean talking
these days boys that age, would just take off walking
well they’d ditch that patch with purple hull peas
and drop their stuff and straight up leave
that old man standing there in that august heat
[verse 6]
but if we left he would’ve had a cow
so we barely took time to wipe our brows
we were manly boys picking them old dried beans
[verse 7]
and we didn’t work for the cents he’d pay
what we really worked for every day
was mamaws cooking and were missing it these days
[chorus]
that’s the way it always was when we worked for papaw bell
didn’t have a choice and some days it felt like h*ll
no soy boy appeal, he was a hard old man
we were manly boys and we did the work he planned
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