Words and Music by Fred SmallCopyright 1994 Pine Barrens Music
I remember well when I was but a child of
Annie's up at seven on a work dayBrewing up a
She was riding on the airline leafing through their magazineThey
The baby blinks her eyes as the sun falls from
All my lifeWorking at the factoryThe pay looked mighty good
You hear so many rumors sometimes you get confusedBut I
In the stillness of the alley waits a man with
I remember the manRising early in the morningSmelling of starch
High school daydreams come easy and freeWhen you're a working
Ooh I can't get out of bedLet's stay at home
Brick and wood, mortar and planeLabor's love, a little faithYou
I pull out the choke, pump hard on the gasOh,
In nineteen thirty-who at a zoo in Los Angelesa polar
The neighbor up the road brought the messageJoe and May
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