Grandpa

Song by Justin Moore

SUNSHINE 

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You stood on that bank when I got baptized,
Gave me a 30-30 when I turned 9.
At 16 you caught me drinkin’ out in the barn.
I could hear you cheerin’ when we won state, and you held my hand at Grandma’s grave.
And I’ll always be thankful, that you never sold the farm.

Grandpa, you stood so tall,
Chewed that Red Man wore overalls.
You were the same man on sunday morning as saturday night.
You were five foot six to the top of your hat but, when you talked about the war I thought you were superman.
American born simple man with a southern drawl.
You walk the walk, talk the talk, Grandpa.

You still swear Roosevelt was the best.
That a home grown tomater tastes better than the rest and, fifty years goes too fast with a woman you love.
Well this life I’ve chose is gettin’ busy now and when I walk up on your front porch;
It’s just like I’m still young.

Grandpa, you stood so tall,
Chewed that Red Man wore overalls.
You were the same man on sunday morning as saturday night.
You were five foot six to the top of your hat but, when you talked about the war I thought you were superman.
American born simple man with a southern drawl.
You walk the walk, talk the talk, Grandpa.
Yeah, American born a dirt road man with that slow southern drawl.
Now keep walkin’ the walk and talkin’ the talk, Grandpa.

Part of this song reminds me about both of my granddads.  One was a farmer in West Texas.  He always wore kackies pants and shirts and a broad brim hat and constantly worked on his John Deere tractors.  He worked in California during WWII for the Army.  He was a hard worker and a very smart and educated man.

My other granddad was a rancher, and was raised in East Texas.  He ran a cotton gin, owned a drug store, and eventually bought a ranch and raised cows, goats, and horses in Central Texas.  He was a golfer, and an incredible baseball player, although I never got to watch him play.  He did not get to go to college or he might have been able to be a pro ball player, I was told.  He was getting offers to play pro baseball, minor league into his 40’s.

The other man I think of when I read these words, especially the part about fighting the Nazi’s in WWII is Doc Jones, a man in our community.  While a teenager he was drafted and served in Europe during the war.  He was in the very thick of the fighting.  He told me about having a large number of Germans surrender to him personally.  He had a German Colonel with his men surrender to him, and a tank.  He said a German soldier was trying to make his way to the line and the other soldiers were firing at him, but Doc thought he might be trying to surrender and told the others to hold their fire.  He figured out that the soldier said there were others who wanted to surrender.  He took the German soldier to his commanding officer who told him to go and check it out if he wanted to.  Doc let the soldier take him back to the rest, even though it could have been a trap.  That is where that entire German company surrendered to Doc.  Pretty Amazing!  Doc is a great Christian man, a friend, an incredible musician, and a great neighbor.  He’s the kind of man that made this country great!

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Grandpa

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