Clawhammer Mike - Free From Care Lyrics

Working on the railroad forty years is not good for the ears
But you would never hear him complain
He used to be the fiddler in the band, he traveled around this whole damn land
Now his hearing is on the lam but his body still ain't broken
For right outside his window is the most important thing
It's where all the neighborhood birdies, they all go to sing
Every different color, you can see it from his easy chair
With peace in his heart and totally free from care
All that fire, all the smoke and all the shoveling of the coke
But you would never hear him complain
Turtle trapper, fishing boat cook, he's worked every side job in the book
Now he's 85, but his body still ain't broken
For right outside his window is the most important thing
It's where all the neighborhood birdies, they all go to sing
Every different color, you can see it from his easy chair
With peace in his heart and totally free from care
If he's not hunting deer at the cabin
If he's not out accordion dancing
You just might find him there
Some of us carry our troubles around
Run ourselves into the ground
But that's not the way life has to be
For right outside his window is the most important thing
It's where all the neighborhood birdies, they all go to sing
Every different color, you can see it from his easy chair
With peace in his heart and totally free from care
For right outside his window is the most important thing
It's where all the neighborhood birdies, they all go to sing
Every different color, you can see it from his easy chair
With peace in his heart and totally free from care