[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.19]Uncle Lem - Merle Haggard [00:01.03]The ladies of the garden club say [00:03.40]His home is just a disgrace to the town [00:08.34]If the mayor wants re elected [00:11.29]He'd better pass some laws and tear it down [00:16.33]They wanna cover it with flowers [00:19.18]Maybe even plant some dogwood trees [00:24.18]I guess that they've forgotten [00:26.88]When we were kids what that place used to be [00:32.20]I know it's just a shanty now [00:34.87]But lord that place was built with human tears [00:40.20]For it's the home of Uncle Lem [00:42.89]Who was born and raised and lived there ninety years [00:47.99]There's not a boy in this whole town [00:51.08]Hasn't stopped for water at his well [00:55.91]Or sat on his porch in the evening [00:58.65]And listened to the stories that he'd tell [01:03.93]Oh his hair was the color of a cotton field [01:06.78]And his skin was old and brown [01:10.65]And he was born in that rundown shack [01:13.35]Before there was a town [01:17.11]He bought that shack and a piece of earth [01:20.02]For the highest price to pay [01:23.69]His mom was bought and sold there [01:26.26]Uncle Lem was born a slave [01:31.04]The mayor and some ladies of the garden club [01:34.13]Went out to tell uncle Lem [01:37.56]That he'd have to find a new place to live [01:42.37]Well they found him there in that old broken down rocking chair [01:47.43]And on an old paper bag they found his will [01:54.40]Nor I wanna leave my old shotgun to the fine mayor of this town [01:59.43]For I remember when he a little fella he used to follow me around [02:05.47]I wish I had more to give to my friends that I love [02:10.05]But all I've got is this old shack and a piece of earth [02:14.45]And I want it to go to the ladies of the garden club [02:18.40]Oh his hair was the color of a cotton field [02:20.97]And his skin was old and brown [02:24.94]And he was born in that rundown shack [02:27.86]Before there was a town [02:31.85]He bought that shack and a piece of earth [02:34.49]For the highest price to pay [02:38.27]His mom was bought and sold there [02:41.24]Uncle Lem was born a slave