and sort of pass the time away.
I asked him how he'd been
since last he'd passed his way
and here's what he had to say.
and I'm darn near down with the flu.
But we're still a -livin'
The hogs took the colliery
and they've all done died
The bees got mad and they left the hive
and the rain rotted the hay
But we're still a -livin'
The mortgage is due and I can't pay
But we're still a -livin',
The cow broke in the field
they got the turnip greens
But we're still a -livin',
My land's so poor, so hard and yeller
You have to sit on a sack of fertilizer
And it rains out here nearly every day
But we're still a -livin'
and I have to tote the water
Up in the spring about a mile and a quarter
My helper, quit for the lack of pay
But we're still a -livin'
The house, it leaks, it needs a new top
When it rains, it wets everything we got
The chimney fell down just yesterday
But we're still a -living,
Got nothing to kill to put
The preacher's coming Sunday
But we're still a -living,
And all we got left is one old billy goat
We're gonna have a new baby
But we're still a -livin',
My crop, it rotted in the ground
I asked for another loan,
but the banker turned me down
But we're still a -livin'
and we're prayin' for a better day
So, after all, everything's
