| Few days before he turned 80
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| He was sitting out back in a rocker
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| He said, what you been up to lately
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| I told him chasing a dollar
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| And in between sips of coffee
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| He poured this wisdom out
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| Said if you want my two cents on making a dollar count
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| Buy dirt
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| Find the one you can’t live without
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| Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
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| Do what you love but call it work
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| And throw a little money in the plate at church
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| Send some prayers up and your roots down deep
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| Add a few limbs to your family tree
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| And watch their pencils marks
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| And the grass in the yard
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| All grow up
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| 'Cause the truth about it is
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| It all goes by real quick
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| You can’t buy happiness
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| But you can buy dirt
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| Before you get caught on that ladder
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| Let me tell you what it’s all about
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| Find you a few things that matter
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| That you can put a fence around
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| And then he laid it out
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| Buy dirt
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| Find the one you can’t live without
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| Get ring, let your knee hit the ground
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| Do what you love but call it work
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| And throw a little money in the plate at church
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| Send some prayers up and your roots down deep
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| And add a few limbs to your family tree
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| And watch their pencils marks
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| And the grass in the yard
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| All grow up
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| 'Cause the truth about it is
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| It all goes by real quick
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| You can’t buy happiness
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| But you can buy dirt
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| You can buy dirt
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| And thank the good Lord for it
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| 'Cause He ain’t makin' any more of it
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| Buy dirt
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| Find the one you can’t live without
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| Get ring, let your knee hit the ground
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| Do what you love but call it work
|
| And throw a little money in the plate at church
|
| Send some prayers up and your roots down deep
|
| Add a few limbs to your family tree
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| Watch their pencils marks
|
| And the grass in the yard
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| All grow up
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| 'Cause the truth about it is
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| It all goes by real quick
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| You can’t buy happiness
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| But you can buy dirt |