ฟังเพลงAn Old Piece Of Wood (Live)

An Old Piece Of Wood (Live) - Graeme Connors

My daddy was a farmer a simple man

Quick with his mind and good with his hands

A real hard worker with a soft side too

Never made a lot of money but he made do

And I can well remember after supper each night

He'd sit on the front porch smoking his pipe

Take a piece of timber and whittle away

And there'd be a surprise for us next day

A sailing boat or a wooden gun

A doll for my sister a comb for my mom

We were all amazed at the way he could

Make anything he wanted from an old piece of wood

Well my thirteenth birthday was drawing near

And as bad luck goes it was a real good year

The weather went wrong the crops were poor

And the banker was howling at our front door

You know my friends and I'd just found rock n roll

So I was hoping for a little pocket radio

But when the big day finally came around

My daddy said son don't want to let you down

Though what I got for you not what you had in mind

It's the best I could do in these hard times

Then my eyes lit up when I understood

What he'd made for me from an old piece of wood

An old piece of wood carved real fine

Some fencing wire and some fishing line

And I had a guitar like Johnny.B.Goode

Man I was proud of that old piece of wood

Years have gone by and change gone down

My daddy sold the farm and moved into town

My little sister married and moved away

My momma's hair turned silver grey

A farmers life was not enough for me

I had bigger plans for what to do and be

So now I make my living travelling the land

Picking hot guitar in a country band

And many a time when I'm up on the stage

I think of my daddy and the present he gave me

Though I don't see him as much as I should

I thank him every night for that old piece of wood

An old piece of wood carved real fine

Some fencing wire and some fishing line

I had a guitar I was Johnny.B.Goode

Man I was proud of that old piece of wood

An old piece of wood carved real fine

Some fencing wire and some fishing line

And I had a guitar I wish Johnny.B.Goode

I built my life on an old piece of wood