Colfax
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โฑ๏ธ 3:19 duration
๐ ID: 6444252
๐ Lyrics
I was born in Colfax, Indiana
Just a farm boy in the Great Depression
Until I headed off to war
And if not for the death of my dear appendix
The love in my heart might have never been born
Sick leave and living all laid-up in bed
You were the nurse of the dreams in my head
I kept you laughing
You kept me fed
And we had no notion of what lay ahead
I drew a picture that you'd grow to love
Well, I was still only dreaming
That the image of your face
Wouldn't be in my head forevermore
Between those lines that I drew
You knew what really was there
Was a simple love letter
To the woman that I adored
We were wed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Such a short time with each other
Then I was back off to war
In those days must have been the loneliest hours
Two years apart from my love
And my new baby boy
But I returned home in 1945
We moved to Clarksdale to start a new life
Now our kids all have families
And we've done alright
And I have not done half bad
For a half-bred
No, I have not done half bad
For a half-bred
Just a farm boy in the Great Depression
Until I headed off to war
And if not for the death of my dear appendix
The love in my heart might have never been born
Sick leave and living all laid-up in bed
You were the nurse of the dreams in my head
I kept you laughing
You kept me fed
And we had no notion of what lay ahead
I drew a picture that you'd grow to love
Well, I was still only dreaming
That the image of your face
Wouldn't be in my head forevermore
Between those lines that I drew
You knew what really was there
Was a simple love letter
To the woman that I adored
We were wed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Such a short time with each other
Then I was back off to war
In those days must have been the loneliest hours
Two years apart from my love
And my new baby boy
But I returned home in 1945
We moved to Clarksdale to start a new life
Now our kids all have families
And we've done alright
And I have not done half bad
For a half-bred
No, I have not done half bad
For a half-bred
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:06.53] I was born in Colfax, Indiana
[00:14.25] Just a farm boy in the Great Depression
[00:17.83] Until I headed off to war
[00:24.11] And if not for the death of my dear appendix
[00:32.09] The love in my heart might have never been born
[00:40.01]
[00:41.93] Sick leave and living all laid-up in bed
[00:46.49] You were the nurse of the dreams in my head
[00:50.27] I kept you laughing
[00:52.25] You kept me fed
[00:57.31] And we had no notion of what lay ahead
[01:02.41]
[01:04.97] I drew a picture that you'd grow to love
[01:08.91] Well, I was still only dreaming
[01:14.67] That the image of your face
[01:18.13] Wouldn't be in my head forevermore
[01:22.43]
[01:24.71] Between those lines that I drew
[01:28.73] You knew what really was there
[01:34.75] Was a simple love letter
[01:37.93] To the woman that I adored
[01:42.41]
[02:06.01] We were wed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma
[02:13.71] Such a short time with each other
[02:17.69] Then I was back off to war
[02:24.03] In those days must have been the loneliest hours
[02:31.81] Two years apart from my love
[02:35.63] And my new baby boy
[02:39.29]
[02:41.73] But I returned home in 1945
[02:46.03] We moved to Clarksdale to start a new life
[02:50.25] Now our kids all have families
[02:52.10] And we've done alright
[02:56.87] And I have not done half bad
[03:00.36] For a half-bred
[03:02.63]
[03:04.55] No, I have not done half bad
[03:08.07] For a half-bred
[03:10.95]
[00:14.25] Just a farm boy in the Great Depression
[00:17.83] Until I headed off to war
[00:24.11] And if not for the death of my dear appendix
[00:32.09] The love in my heart might have never been born
[00:40.01]
[00:41.93] Sick leave and living all laid-up in bed
[00:46.49] You were the nurse of the dreams in my head
[00:50.27] I kept you laughing
[00:52.25] You kept me fed
[00:57.31] And we had no notion of what lay ahead
[01:02.41]
[01:04.97] I drew a picture that you'd grow to love
[01:08.91] Well, I was still only dreaming
[01:14.67] That the image of your face
[01:18.13] Wouldn't be in my head forevermore
[01:22.43]
[01:24.71] Between those lines that I drew
[01:28.73] You knew what really was there
[01:34.75] Was a simple love letter
[01:37.93] To the woman that I adored
[01:42.41]
[02:06.01] We were wed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma
[02:13.71] Such a short time with each other
[02:17.69] Then I was back off to war
[02:24.03] In those days must have been the loneliest hours
[02:31.81] Two years apart from my love
[02:35.63] And my new baby boy
[02:39.29]
[02:41.73] But I returned home in 1945
[02:46.03] We moved to Clarksdale to start a new life
[02:50.25] Now our kids all have families
[02:52.10] And we've done alright
[02:56.87] And I have not done half bad
[03:00.36] For a half-bred
[03:02.63]
[03:04.55] No, I have not done half bad
[03:08.07] For a half-bred
[03:10.95]