DOLLY PARTON - Greatest Days of All lyrics

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(Dolly Parton)

A dirt dobber built its nest on my only Sunday dress

And the roof leaked in my shoes and when they dried they were too small

And the rats chewed a great big hole in my only winter coat

And at night I'd hear them gnaw the paper on my bedroom wall.

But I still say those were the greatest days of all

Some happy and some sad some good and some bad

But I still say those were the greatest days of all.

I used to wait by the garden gate where the hummingbirds came ev'ry day

To kiss the yellow roses growing up the garden wall

And in the tall grass I would lie til evening shadows brought the night

Through the window of my room I'd hear the whippoorwill's sad call.

And I still say those were the greatest days of all

Some happy and some sad some good and some bad

But I still say those were the greatest days of all.

Now as I make my way along the busy city sidewalks

My head arouring from the deafening city sound

You can't hear a whipporwill in this noisy city

And tall green grass don't grow along the sidewalks of this town.

And hummingbirds don't fly around these artificial roses

Like they did around the garden wall

And oh so often in my mind I'll go back to another time

And I still say those were the greatest days of all I still say

Those were the greatest days of all...