Matthew Lyrics

	I had an uncle name of Matthew
	He was his father's only boy
	Born just south of Colby, Kansas
	He was his mother's pride and joy
	CHORUS
	Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on
	Love was just a way to live and die
	Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
	Blue was just the Kansas summer sky
	All the stories that he told me
	Back when I was just a lad
	All the mem'ries that he gave me
	All the good times that he had
	Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
	Life is mostly havin' fun
	Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
	Behind a mule beneath the sun
	CHORUS
	Well, I guess there were some hard times
	And I'm told some years were lean
	They had a storm in 'forty seven
	A twister came and stripped 'em clean
	He lost the farm and lost his family
	He lost the wheat and lost his home
	But he found the family Bible
	A faith as solid as a stone
	CHORUS
	And so he came to live at our house
	And he came to work the land
	He came to ease my daddy's burden
	And he came to be my friend
	And so I wrote this down for Matthew
	And it's for him this song is sung
	Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
	Behind a mule beneath the sun
	CHORUS

	I had an uncle name of Matthew
	He was his father' s only boy
	Born just south of Colby, Kansas
	He was his mother' s pride and joy
	CHORUS
	Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on
	Love was just a way to live and die
	Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
	Blue was just the Kansas summer sky
	All the stories that he told me
	Back when I was just a lad
	All the mem' ries that he gave me
	All the good times that he had
	Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
	Life is mostly havin' fun
	Ridin' on his daddy' s shoulders
	Behind a mule beneath the sun
	CHORUS
	Well, I guess there were some hard times
	And I' m told some years were lean
	They had a storm in ' forty seven
	A twister came and stripped ' em clean
	He lost the farm and lost his family
	He lost the wheat and lost his home
	But he found the family Bible
	A faith as solid as a stone
	CHORUS
	And so he came to live at our house
	And he came to work the land
	He came to ease my daddy' s burden
	And he came to be my friend
	And so I wrote this down for Matthew
	And it' s for him this song is sung
	Ridin' on his daddy' s shoulders
	Behind a mule beneath the sun
	CHORUS

	I had an uncle name of Matthew
	He was his father' s only boy
	Born just south of Colby, Kansas
	He was his mother' s pride and joy
	CHORUS
	Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on
	Love was just a way to live and die
	Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
	Blue was just the Kansas summer sky
	All the stories that he told me
	Back when I was just a lad
	All the mem' ries that he gave me
	All the good times that he had
	Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
	Life is mostly havin' fun
	Ridin' on his daddy' s shoulders
	Behind a mule beneath the sun
	CHORUS
	Well, I guess there were some hard times
	And I' m told some years were lean
	They had a storm in ' forty seven
	A twister came and stripped ' em clean
	He lost the farm and lost his family
	He lost the wheat and lost his home
	But he found the family Bible
	A faith as solid as a stone
	CHORUS
	And so he came to live at our house
	And he came to work the land
	He came to ease my daddy' s burden
	And he came to be my friend
	And so I wrote this down for Matthew
	And it' s for him this song is sung
	Ridin' on his daddy' s shoulders
	Behind a mule beneath the sun
	CHORUS

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