I remember a house I once lived in
Overlooking fields of wheat
Where a rooster awoke me at sun-up
Then I knew that it was time for me to get on up
And feed the hogs and call the cows
Till it was time to eat
You know, breakfast was on the table
Fried eggs and salt pork
I'd eat as much as I was able
You can sure get hungry in the stable
Throwing hay all around
With nothing but a pitchfork
Then I walked through the woods to a schoolhouse
That had a woodstove in the middle of the floor
I was thе one and only kid in grade eight
But thеre were seven other grades to educate
And only one schoolmaster in SS number four
At recess, I'd be Jesse James
Joe Toms was Billy the Kid
Side by side, you know we would ride
A lot of men fought us, a lot of men died
You know, I smile inside when I remember
All the things that we did
I took out my car one Sunday
To the farm just to look around
I drove past SS number four
Only to find that it was there no more
You know, the county tore it down
Right to the ground
So I sit and I wonder what Joe Toms
And all my old friends are doing today
It's been about fourteen years or more
Since I last saw SS number four
No one in the world can ever take it away
Someday when I get to be a gray old man
Sitting in my rocking chair
This big old world gets a little too cold
I start forgetting everything I'm told
You know, I still recall
Every single thing I did there
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