The Auction Song Lyrics and Chords by John Schneider
The Auction
Recorded by John Schneider
Written by Don Goodman, Mark Sherrill, Claude Hendrick
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I watched an auction take place today
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bank sold the
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farm where
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I was raised
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I heard the echo of the auctioneer
And my
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heart traveled
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back across the
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years
But daddy
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stood there just as proud as any man could be
While
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watching strangers
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bidding on his
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memories
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Only time I saw him even hang his head
Is when they
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sold his and
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momma's favorite
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bed
They
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auctioned off daddy's farm
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today
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One by one they hauled his dreams
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away
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sold
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everything but the flowers from
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momma's
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auctioned off my daddy's farm
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today
Well the last three years the weather took the crops
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checks that the government
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sent just
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up and stopped
When you're
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young and strong you can find ways to survive
But you
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know it ain't that
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easy when you
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just turn sixty-five
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Yes
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they
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auctioned off daddy's farm
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today
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One by one they hauled his dreams
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away
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sold
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everything but the flowers from
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momma's
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auctioned off my daddy's farm
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today
Tell me how much did you
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pay for grandma's
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bible
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Auction?
- The song The Auction was sang by John Schneider.
Who is John Schneider?
- John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and country music singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard "Bo" Duke in the American television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001-11 TV series Smallville, and James "Jim" Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry.
Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. This total includes "I've Been Around Enough to Know", "Country Girls", "What's a Memory Like You", and "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight", all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.
