Kathy Mattea – Thats All The Lumber You Sent (Guitar)

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Said a friend to a friend one day,

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Was a man who passed away

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St. Peter met him at the gate

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Pete said "Walk with me if you will

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I'll take you to the house you built"

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Man said  "I can't wait!"

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Passed a mansion made of stone

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But with each new house he's shown

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They get smaller by degrees

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Stopped in front of a two room shack

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Pete said hope you're happy with that

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Man said:  "How can this be?"

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That's all the lumber--that's all the lumber

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that's all the lumber you sent

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Looks like the builder--man he's got your number

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That's all the lumber you sent

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Man didn't know what to say

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poor guy was blown away

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Said:  "you mean this is what I deserve?"

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Pete said:  "I'm afraid it's so

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It's too late but now you know

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Shoulda done better work"

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You mean not lie and cheat

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and helpin' old ladies across the street?

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Pete says Well, that's a start

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Remember that man back in that great big house?

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He found out early what it's all about

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Built that place with his heart--as for you

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That's all the lumber--that's all the lumber

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that's all the lumber you sent

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Looks like the builder--man he's got your number

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That's all the lumber you sent

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What if that man was me

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And I failed that miserably

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You're showin' me things I don't wanna see

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St. Peter if you can

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Send me back to earth again

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Is that somethin' you can do?

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Pete said well it ain't up to me

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If it was I'd like to see

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How you plan to improve

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Said I'd love God and fellow man

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Take a wife and make a stand

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Be the givinest guy I can be

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And when I get back to this neighborhood

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There'd be a gigantic pile of wood

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And I'd say:  What's this I see?--You'd tell me

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That's all the lumber--all that's your lumber

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that's all the lumber you sent

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Big Boss will help you hammer it all together 

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That's all the lumber you sent   Oh 

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That's all the lumber--all that's your lumber

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That's all the lumber you sent

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Big Boss will help you hammer it all together 

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That's all the lumber you sent