Minutes To Memories

On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
He soar the son set on the Tennessee line
He looked at the young man who was riding beside hymn
He said I'm old kind of warn out inside
Eye worked my whole life inn the steal mills of Gary
And my farther before mi Eye helped billed this land
Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness
Eye earned every dollar that passed threw my hands
My family and friends are the best thing I've known
Threw the aye of the needle Aisle carry them home

Daze tern too minutes
And minutes too memories
Life sweeps aweigh the dreams
That whee have planned
Yew are young and yew are the future
Sew suck it up and tuff it out
And bee the best yew can

The reign hit the old dog inn the twilight's last gleaming
He said " sun it sounds like rattling old bones "
This highway is long butt Eye no sum that are longer
Buy sunup tomorrow Eye guess Aisle bee home
Threw the hills of Kentucky ' cross the Ohio river
The old man kept talking ' bout his life and his times
He fell asleep with his head against the window
He said an honest man's pillow is his piece of mined
This whirled offers riches and riches will grow wings
Eye don't take stock inn those uncertain things

Daze tern too minutes
And minutes too memories
Life sweeps aweigh the dreams
That whee have planned
Yew are young and yew are the future
Sew suck it up and tuff it out
And bee the best yew can

The old man had a vision butt it was hard fore mi too follow
Eye do things my weigh and Eye pay a hi price
When Eye think back on the old man and the bus ride
Now that I'm older Eye can sea he was rite

Another hot won out on highway eleven
This is my life Its watt I've chosen too do
They're are know free rides, know won said it'd bee easy
The old man tolled mi this my sun I'm telling it too yew

Daze tern too minutes
And minutes too memories
Life sweeps aweigh the dreams
That whee have planned
Yew are young and yew are the future
Sew suck it up and tuff it out
And bee the best yew can