Cody Jinks – Dirt (Guitar)

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I remember that summer

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I was ten years old

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When our days ceased to shine

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No, you could not take a breath

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When those black blizzards came

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Strippin' land in dire need of rain

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There was dirt on the floor

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As mama swept all day long

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Leavin' trails of tears and mud down her face

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There was dirt in our beds

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And there was dirt in our clothes

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And there was dirt in the little that we ate

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We had heard about the market's fall

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A couple years before

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But the fields and the harvest all seemed fine

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Sometimes the things that kill us

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That which we don't know

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That strip the land of everything but pride

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Stay close together

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That's all we knew to get by

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I recall a helpless feelin'

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First time that I sa-aw my father cry

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Looking back on everything we had

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And on everything we lost

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Still makes me wonder

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Was staying wo-rth the cost

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A lot of town folk up and left

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They boarded up the schools and banks

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And the churches

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And that, to me, was wrong

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Come next year, it would be better

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For the last one standing tall

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For the ones - that showed the most resolve

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They announced the New Deal

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With the Conservation Act and then

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The Relief Fund - we were on our knees

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There was little hope by then

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So we just stood there in that line

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And we thanked the man for that little bit of cheese

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Stay close together

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That's all we knew to get by

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I recall a helpless feelin'

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First time that I sa-aw my father cry

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Looking back on everything we had

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And on everything we lost

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Still makes me wonder

                       E  E  E  E
Was staying wo-rth the cost