A few days before he turned 80
He was sitting out back in a rocker
He said, what you been up to lately?
I told him, chasing a dollar
And in between sips of coffee
He poured this wisdom out
Said, if you want my two cents
On making a dollar count
Buy dirt
Find the one you can't live without Get a ring,
let your knee hit the ground
Do what your lover called it worth And
throw a little money in a plated church
Send your prayers up and your roots down
deep Add a few limbs to your family tree
And watch their pencil marks in the grass In the yard all grow up
Cause the truth about it is It all goes by real quick
You can't buy happiness But you can buy dirt
Before you get caught on that ladder
Let me tell you what it's all about
Find you a few things that matter That you can put a fence around
And then he laid it out Buy dirt Find the one you can't live without
Get a ring,
let your knee hit the ground Do what your lover called it worth
And throw a little money in a plated church
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
Add a few limbs to your family tree And
watch their pencil marks in the grass
In the yard all grow up Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick You can't buy happiness
But you can buy dirt
You can buy dirt
And thank the good Lord for it Cause he ain't making any more of it
So buy dirt
Find the one you can't live without
Get a ring,
let your knee hit the ground Do what your lover called it worth
And throw a little money in a plated church
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
Add a few limbs to your family tree And
watch their pencil marks in the grass
In the yard all grow up Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick You can't buy happiness
But you can buy dirt