[00:00.00]It Sure Was Better Back Then - Steve Forbert
[00:28.39]Working on the Georgia Line the live long day
[00:31.74]Ninety nine degrees and only half past May
[00:35.13]Nailing down the metal with the crosstime blues
[00:38.22]I had creosote all over my shoes
[00:41.45]I hated it you know now I find I miss it
[00:45.40]Every time my little pension check rolls in
[00:48.83]Course I had it bad not as bad as this is
[00:52.72]It sure was better back then
[00:55.20]Yeah It sure was better back then
[00:59.23]Working in the rain beneath surplus tarp
[01:02.47]Foreman in the wagon twanging a sad Jews harp
[01:06.01]Passing out at night still in my mud caked jeans
[01:09.23]I was living off of berries and beans
[01:12.43]I hated it you know now I swear I miss it
[01:16.63]Every time I look down on my pale white skin
[01:19.87]Course I had it bad not as bad as this is
[01:23.29]It sure was better back then
[01:26.25]It sure was better back then
[01:57.32]Well the cable caught my leg and boy
[01:59.60]The damn thing bled
[02:01.18]Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread
[02:04.68]Sit me by the camp gonna have the cook clean pans
[02:07.57]And scrub them down with Georgia red sand
[02:11.10]I hated it you know now I really I miss it
[02:14.95]Staring in my TV till the broadcast ends
[02:18.50]Course I had it bad not as bad as this is
[02:22.01]It sure was better back then
[02:25.16]It sure was better back then
[02:28.61]It sure was better back then
[02:35.22]It sure was better back then