They Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore

He still combs his hair like Elvis

Pays cash for everything

and he'll only drive a chevy and thinks Alan Jackson's

king

He knows everyone by name at the local hardware store

They dont make 'em like that anymore

Up with the sun each mornin'

Hardly missed a day of work

Summer 1957 he helped build that Lutheran church

Believes a man should work all week but save Sunday for

the Lord

They dont make 'em like that anymore

Standin' shoulder to shoulder with him now,

I still feel small

And I'm still lookin' up to him like he's ten feet tall

There's somethin about that generation

These days I think we need 'em

More than we ever did before

But they dont make 'em like that anymore

He married his sweet Mary

June 1955

He goes on and on about her

Her casseroles, her clear blue eyes

He still helps her with her coat,

Still opens her car door

They dont make 'em like that anymore

Standin' shoulder to shoulder with him now,

I still feel small

And I'm still lookin up to him like he's ten feet tall

Theres somethin' about that generation

These days I think we need 'em

More than we ever did before

But they dont make 'em like that anymore

Theres somethin about that generation

These days I think we need 'em

More than we ever did before

Yeah thats for sure

But they dont make 'em like that anymore

He still combs his hair like Elvis

Pays cash for everything...