EVEN GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW

JOHN VOIT-RED JOHNSON
(C) ARVID JOHNSON 1998
PUB COUNT MUSIC BMI

GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW (G)
SEARCHING FOR A BETTER LIFE-GRANDPA SETTLED ON THE LAND
AND BUILT THIS HOME WE LOVE-WITH TWO DETERMINED HANDS
HE SURVIVED AGAINST THE ODDS-HARDSHIP ONLY MADE HIM TOUGH
BUT HE HAD A FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT-ON THAT I'VE SAID ENOUGH

A MAN WAS FAIRLY PAID-FOR THE SWEAT OF HIS BROW
CONGRESS THEN WAS ON HIS SIDE-YOU CANNOT SAY THAT NOW
CAUSE TODAY THEIR BREAD IS BUTTERED-BY A LOBBY TWISTING ARMS
AND THEY'VE LET THE SPECIAL INTERESTS-DESTROY THE FAMILY FARMS

CHO: EVEN GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW
HE PULLED IT THRU THE GREAT DEPRESSION
WITH TWO HORSES AND A PLOW
WE ARE VICTIMS OF A SYSTEM-AND WHAT WALL STREET WILL ALLOW
EVEN GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW

I WAS WORKING WITH MY DAD-AT THE TIME GRANDPA PASSED ON
AND I BEGAN TO DOUBT-IF I COULD LEAVE IT TO MY SON
DAD DIDN'T LIVE TO SEE IT-BUT THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE NOW
I JUST SIGNED THE FINAL PAPERS-AND THEIR LOADING GRANDPA'S PLOW

WHILE PACKING GRANDPA'S PICTURE-I TRIED TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE
AND I THINK HE UNDERSTOOD-WHAT MAKES A GROWN MAN CRY
THEY ARE STANDING HERE BESIDE ME-AND WE'RE WATCHING ARM IN ARM
AS OUR NAME COMES OFF THE MAILBOX- OF OUR FAMILY FARM

CHO: EVEN GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW
THEY HAVE TIED OUR HANDS BEHIND US-BUT OUR HEADS WILL NEVER BOW
CAUSE THE ONES WHO CALL THE SHOTS-
DON'T KNOW MILK COMES FROM A COW
EVEN GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW

TAG: WE ARE VICTIMS OF A SYSTEM-AND WHAT WALL STREET WILL ALLOW
EVEN GRANDPA COULDN'T SAVE IT NOW