Back When The Old Homeplace Was New Song Lyrics and Chords
Back When The Old Homeplace Was New Song Lyrics and Chords by Tom T. Hall
Back When The Old Homeplace Was New
Written and Recorded by Tom T. Hall
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Well the children come back to
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see the old home
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place
They don't see a
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thing that they
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like
The old well out back with
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its cool clear
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water
Don't fit into
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their style of
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life
The old gravel road that
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leads to the old
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homeplace
Gets dust on
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their new shiny
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cars
Well they didn't complain
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about nothing to
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do
Back when the old
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homeplace was
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new
Back
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when the old homeplace was
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new
There was plenty to see and to
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do
But
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they can't remember and I
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ain't gonna tell 'em
Back when the old
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homeplace was
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new
There's an old swimming hole
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about a half mile
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away
And an old tire still
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swings from a
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tree
I've got an old jar full of
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lightening
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bugs
And I just dug
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fishing worms yester
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day
They can't get on line
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from my old tele
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phone
And I ain't got
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no cable T
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Oh we used to tell stories and
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some of them
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true
Back when the old
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homeplace was
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new
Repeat #3
The toys they treasured are
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stashed in the
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attic
Except for a
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rusty old
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bike
There's a big ball of string in a
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drawer in the
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kitchen
They used to use
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flying their
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kites
There's a battered old can out
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there by the tool
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shed
An old can that
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they used to
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kick
They sit on the porch and they
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stare down the
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driveway
They just can't see
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living like
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this
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Back When The Old Homeplace Was New?
- The song Back When The Old Homeplace Was New was sang by Tom T. Hall.
Who is Tom T. Hall?
- Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.
