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1.IN THAT OKLAHOMA SUN
  IT SHORE WASN'T FUN
  BACK WHEN I WORKED FOR MY DAD
  LAYING BRICKS AND MUD TOO
  WHAT ELSE COULD I DO
  IT WAS BACK IN 1971

2.UNCLE GLENN SAID SON
  THIS IS HOW ITS DONE
  MIXING AND SHACKING UP THAT MUD
  I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE
  YOU'D SPLASH IT IN YOUR EYES
   IT WAS BACK IN 1971

3.WORKING WITH YOUR HANDS 
  IT'LL MAKE YOU A MAN
  IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST
  UNCLE DANNY SAID SON
  ANT THIS BRICK LAYING FUN
  IT WAS BACK IN 1971

4.NOW LONNIE AND SCOTT WERE THERE TOO
  MAN WHAT A CREW
  WE PLAYED AS MUCH AS WE'D WORK
  NOW LONNIE HATED IT SO
  AND SCOTTY'S TO YOUNG TO KNOW
  AND IT WAS BACK IN 1971

5.UNCLE CARL WAS A MESS
  HE ALWAYS NEW BEST
  DRUNK,MOST DAYS BY NOON.
  NOW HE'D SCREW YOU IF HE COULD
  AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD
  IT WAS BACK IN 1971

6.UNCLE WALLACE SAID LAY UM TRUE
  I WORKED FOR HIM TOO
  HE LET ME START ON THE LINE
  I HAD A USED HAMMER AND TROWEL
  I STAYED WITH HIM A WHILE
  IT WAS BACK IN 1971
         SOLE
7.MY BEST FRIEND BACK THEN
  WAS COUSIN RAY MY MAN
  TWISTING ONE UP AT BRAKE AND NOON
  THE LORD TOOK HIM TO SOON
  BUT I'LL SEE HIM AGAIN
  AND IT WAS BACK IN 1971

8.JACK ANDERSON WAS A MAN
  WHO ALWAYS HAD A PLAN
  TO GET OUT OF WORK IF HE COULD
  A MUD SLINGING FOOL
  I THOUGHT HE WAS COOL
  IT WAS BACK IN 1971

9.THOSE DAYS ARE GONE FOR GOOD
  BUT I'D RELIVE THEM IF I COULD
  FOR A CHANGE TO WORK WITH MY OL' MAN
  I LOVE R.H. SO AND I HOPE THAT HE KNOWS
  AND IT WAS BACK IN 1971
  YES THE YEAR WAS 1971-72-73--------