所属专辑:Classic Pop Hits: The 1970’s, Vol. 5
歌手: The Hit Crew
时长: 02:27
Grandpa Was a Carpenter (爷爷是个木匠) - The Hit Crew (热歌组合)[00:00:00]
Grandpa wore his suit to dinner[00:00:06]
Nearly every day[00:00:09]
No particular reason[00:00:11]
He just dressed that way[00:00:13]
Brown necktie and a matching vest[00:00:16]
And both his wingtip shoes[00:00:18]
He built a closet on our back porch[00:00:20]
And put a penny in a burned out fuse [00:00:23]
Grandpa was a carpenter[00:00:25]
He built houses stores and banks[00:00:27]
Chain smoked Camel cigarettes[00:00:30]
And hammered nails in planks[00:00:32]
He was level on the level[00:00:34]
And shaved even every door[00:00:37]
And voted for Eisenhower[00:00:39]
'Cause Lincoln won the war [00:00:42]
Well he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle"[00:00:50]
And rock me on his knee[00:00:52]
And let me listen to radio[00:00:55]
Before we got T V [00:00:57]
Well he'd drive to church on Sunday[00:00:59]
And take me with him too [00:01:01]
Stained glass in every window[00:01:04]
Hearing aids in every pew [00:01:06]
Grandpa was a carpenter[00:01:09]
He built houses stores and banks[00:01:11]
Chain smoked Camel cigarettes[00:01:13]
And hammered nails in planks[00:01:16]
He was level on the level[00:01:18]
And shaved even every door[00:01:20]
And voted for Eisenhower[00:01:23]
'Cause Lincoln won the war [00:01:25]
Now my grandma was a teacher[00:01:33]
Went to school in Bowling Green[00:01:36]
Traded in a milking cow[00:01:38]
For a Singer sewing machine[00:01:40]
She called her husband "Mister"[00:01:43]
And walked real tall and pride[00:01:45]
And used to buy me comic books[00:01:48]
After grandpa died [00:01:50]
Grandpa was a carpenter[00:01:52]
He built houses stores and banks[00:01:54]
Chain smoked Camel cigarettes[00:01:57]
And hammered nails in planks[00:01:59]
He was level on the level[00:02:01]
And shaved even every door[00:02:04]
And voted for Eisenhower[00:02:06]
'Cause Lincoln won the war[00:02:09]