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Old Courthouse Lyrics - Artist : Faron Young
A hello oh hello Jim
Yeah I just walked in the house myself Oh it's a fact alright they're gonna tear the ol' courthouse down I heard about it in town just before I left Municipal buildin' some of 'em said they're gonna call it Bigger and better all around Naw they ain't gonna have no votin' on it They just decided to tear the ol' courthouse down Oh I'm like you Jim I reckon I hate to see it go Why when I's just a boy in my teens Pa brought me to town for the first time That was the first big buildin' I'd ever seen Later bought the license to marry the woman there Paid taxes on my first piece of land Voted the first time right there in them ol' wooden halls I reckon that ol' buildin' watched a lot of us grow into men Got the children's birth certificates there All of 'em still livin' 'cept one It was the big war Jim you remember You remember doncha that's where we lost him The rest of 'ems all married up now and They got little time for us ol' folks I reckon that new buildin's for them Yeah it's gonna be a big one cover the square Won't have a yard yeah right out to the street Course that ain't gonna leave no room to argue religion and politics Or the champion checker players to meet You know now that they're tearin' that ol' courthouse down It seems like I'm losin' a friend Dad burn it Jim that buildin' ain't no older than I am Guess a feller oughta prepare I reckon for the end What's that you say Jim Oh yeah I'll meet you there in town Saturday like I always have Why I guess out in the street I guess Jim Yeah but then the courthouse and the wooden benches'll all be gone There won't be no where to sit down and rest Hey Jim 'fore you ring off you know I's thinkin' If there's ever day place in the Promise Land you know An off duty congregation ground I believe I'd be happy with that ol' courthouse yard Where our Lord'll walk up and say welcome Here's your place come on feller Sit down sit down When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there |
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