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[Verse 1]
CThe ladies of the garden club say His home is just a disgrace to the Gtown
If the Mayor wants re-elected
He'd better pass some laws and tear it Cdown They wanna cover it with flowers Maybe even plant some dogwood Ftrees I Gguess that they've forgotten When we were kids what that place used to Cbe
[Verse 2]
CI know it's just a shanty now But Lord, that place was built with human Gtears
For it's the home of Uncle Lem
Who was born and raised and lived there ninCety years There's not a boy in this whole town Hasn't stopped for water at his Fwell Or Gsat on his porch in the evenin' And listened to the stories that he'd Ctell
[Chorus]
Oh, his Ghair was the color of a cotton field And his Fskin was old and Cbrown And Fhe was born in that Crundown shack Before there was a Gtown He Fbought that shack and a piece of earth For the Chighest price to pay
His mom was bought and sold there
Uncle GLem was born'd a Cslave [Bridge] CThe mayor and some ladies of the garden club Went out to tell Uncle Lem that he'd have to find a new Gplace to live
Well, they found him there in that old broken down rockin' chair
And on an old paper bag they found his Cwill "Now I wanna leave my old shotgun to the fine mayor of this town For I remember when he a little fella, he Gused to follow me around
Lord, I wish I had more to give to my friends that I love But all I've got is this old shack and a piece of earth
CAnd I want it to go to the ladies of the garden club" [Chorus] Oh, his Ghair was the color of a cotton field And his Fskin was old and Cbrown And Fhe was born in that Crundown shack Before there was a Gtown He Fbought that shack and a piece of earth For the Chighest price to pay
His mom was bought and sold there
Uncle GLem was born'd a Cslave