The Grandpa Song

I wish that my Grandad was still here today cause' I'd

love to here what he'd have to say about three dollars

and fifty-nine cents

for a gallon of gas. And I'd show him my wife and what

I've done with my life, and see if he liked all these

songs that I write.

Oh, I wish I knew what he would think about the fact

that, if you're sixteen and pregnant, you'll get on tv,

but yet we're laying

off school teachers fast as can be.

Oh, I wish I knew what he'd think about us now.

He'd probably ask me why the good ole' US of A is so

damn tied up in our foreign aid when the American

farmers got to sell all the

cows to keep the bank from taking the house. I wish I

could write him in on my ballot for the next president.

Cause' there's men like

John Wayne, Augustus McCrae, the Lone Ranger and his

indian friend, but there will never be another man like

him.

I'm glad that I'm not some big Hollywood star who

thinks they have the right to go as far as bitching

about the hundred million

dollars they make a year. Cause' there's scars on my

nuckles and sweat on my brow and I know that Grandpa,

he'd sure be proud of my

little part that I've made to our family tree.

He'd probably ask me why people like Casey Anthony can

get off scott free and why our taxes are still killing

folks just like you

and me. Oh I wish I knew what he'd think about us now.

He'd probably ask me why the good ole' US of A is so

damn tied up in our foreign aid, when the American

farmers got to sell all the

cows to keep the bank from taking the house. I wish I

could write him in on my ballot for the next president.

Cause' there's men like

John Wayne, Augustus McCrae, the Lone Ranger and his

indian friend, but there will never be another man like

him.

Yeah, there's men like John Wayne, Augustus McCrae, the

Lone Ranger and his indian friend, but there will never

be another man like

him.