Everything's O.k. Songtext
von Luke the Drifter
Everything's O.k. Songtext
I went to the country - just the other day
To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away
I asked him how he′d been - since last, I'd passed his way
He rubbed his chin - here′s what he had to say.
"My wife's been sick - the young'ns, too
And I′m durn near - down with the flu
The cow′s gone dry - and them hens won't lay
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
The bees got mad - and they left the hive
The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
The porch rotted down - that′s more expense
The durned old mule - he tore down the fence
The mortgage is due and - I can′t pay
But - we're still a-livin′ - so everything's Okay
The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans
The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens
And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller"
You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"
And it rains out here - nearly ever' day
But - we′re still a-livin′ - so everything's Ok
The well′s gone dry and I have to tote the water
Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter
My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay
But - we're still a-livin′ - so everything's Okay
The house it leaks - it needs a new top
When it rains - it wets ever′thing we got
The chimney fell down - just yesterday
But - we're still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
The corn meals gone and the meat′s run out
Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
The preacher′s comin' Sunday - to spend the day
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke
And all we got left is one old Billy goat
We′re gonna have a new baby about the first of May
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
My crop it rotted - in the ground
I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
But - we're still a-livin′ and we're prayin′ for better days
So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape."
To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away
I asked him how he′d been - since last, I'd passed his way
He rubbed his chin - here′s what he had to say.
"My wife's been sick - the young'ns, too
And I′m durn near - down with the flu
The cow′s gone dry - and them hens won't lay
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
The bees got mad - and they left the hive
The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
The porch rotted down - that′s more expense
The durned old mule - he tore down the fence
The mortgage is due and - I can′t pay
But - we're still a-livin′ - so everything's Okay
The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans
The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens
And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller"
You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"
And it rains out here - nearly ever' day
But - we′re still a-livin′ - so everything's Ok
The well′s gone dry and I have to tote the water
Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter
My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay
But - we're still a-livin′ - so everything's Okay
The house it leaks - it needs a new top
When it rains - it wets ever′thing we got
The chimney fell down - just yesterday
But - we're still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
The corn meals gone and the meat′s run out
Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
The preacher′s comin' Sunday - to spend the day
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke
And all we got left is one old Billy goat
We′re gonna have a new baby about the first of May
But - we′re still a-livin' - so everything′s Okay
My crop it rotted - in the ground
I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
But - we're still a-livin′ and we're prayin′ for better days
So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape."
Writer(s): Hank Williams Sr. Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
