Minutes To Memories
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DOn a Greyhound C(add9)thirty miles beyond JaGmestown
DHe saw the sunset on the C(add9)Tennessee liGne
DHe looked at the young man who was C(add9)riding beside hiGm
DHe said I'm old kind of woC(add9)rn out insidGe
DI worked my whole life in the C(add9)steel mills near GaGry
DAnd my father before me I hC(add9)elped build this lanGd
DNow I'm seventy-seven and withC(add9) God as my witnesGs
DI earned every dollar that C(add9)passed through my handGs
MAy family and friends are the bGest things I've known
TAhrough the eye of the needle GI'll carry them home
DDays turn to minutes and C(add9)minutes to memoriesG
DLife sweeps away the dreams that C(add9)we have plannedG
DYou are young and C(add9)you are the futurGe
SAo suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
DThe rain hit the old dog in the C(add9)twilight's last gleamiGng
DHe said Son it sounds like rC(add9)attling old boneGs
DThis highway is long but I know C(add9)some that are longerG
DBy sunup tomorrow I C(add9)guess I'll be homGe
DThrough the hills of Kentucky 'cross tC(add9)he Ohio riverG
DThe old man kepC(add9)t talking 'bout his liGfe and his times
DHe fell asleep C(add9)with his head against Gthe window
DHe said an honeC(add9)st man's pillow is hisG peace of mind
TAhis world offers riches and rGiches will grow wings
IA don't take stock in those unGcertain things
DDays turn to minutes and C(add9)minutes to memorGies
DLife sweeps away the dreams thatC(add9) we have planGned
DYou are young and yC(add9)ou are the futureG
DSo suck it up and tough it out and C(add9)be the best you caGn
DThe old man had a vision but it was C(add9)hard for me to followG
DI do things my way and C(add9)I pay a high priGce
DWhen I think back on the oC(add9)ld man and the bus ridGe
DNow that I'm older I cC(add9)an see he was righGt
AAnother hot one out on hGighway eleven
TAhis is my life It's what I've cGhosen to do
TAhere's no free rides nGo one said it'd be easy
TAhe old man told me this my son IG'm telling it to you
DDays turn to minutes and C(add9)minutes to memoriGes
DLife sweeps away the dreams thatC(add9) we have plannGed
DYou are young and yoC(add9)u are the futuGre
DSo suck it up and tough it out anC(add9)d be the best you canG
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