Let us now praise a carpenter & the things that he made
And the way that he lived by the tools of his trade
I can still hear his hammer singin’ ten penny time
Workin’ by the hour till the day he died

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He was tough as a crowbar, he was quick as a chisel
Fair as a plane and true as a level
He was straight as a chalkline and right as a rule
He was square with the world he took good care of his tools

He worked his hands in wood from the crib to the coffin
With a care and a love you don’t see too often
He built boats out of wood, big boats workin’ in a shipyard
Mansions on the hill and a birdhouse in the backyard

Chorus

He said anything that’s worth cuttin’ down a tree for
Is worth doin’ right, don’t the Lord love a two by four
If you ask him how to do somethin’, he’ll say just like Noah built the ark.
You got to hold your mouth right son and never miss your mark.

Chorus

Makin’ money at 30 with a wife and a son
Then a short 5 years later, it all comes undone
She’s gone back to mama with the boy by her side
Now I’m wine drunk and runnin’ with them on my mind

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I’m on the backside of thirty and back on my own
An empty apartment don’t feel like a home
On the backside of thirty, the short side of time
Back on the bottom with no will to climb

It’s dawn Monday mornin’ and I just called in sick
I skipped work last Friday to drink this month’s rent
And when my friends ask me I tell ‘em I’m fine
But my eyes tell the story that my lies can’t hide

I don’t know if I can explain it
‘Cause there’s really nothin’ different at all
The sun still burns, the earth still turns
And the winter still follows the fall
I knew that it wouldn’t be easy
For my heart to find somebody new
But I never thought it would [Bm/A]still be broken in two
These years after you

They tell me time is a natural healer
It kinda smooths the pain away
But this hurt within hasn’t yet given in
And it’s been over 2000 days
I still remember the taste of your kisses
And your eyes that were beautifully blue
And I can still hear the sound of your voice
When you said we were through
These years after you

Chorus:
(Years after, years after you)
I’m still cryin’
(Tears after, years after you)
I’m still tryin’ to make it through
These years after you

There’ve been mornin’s when I couldn’t wake up
Theres been evenin’s when I couldn’t sleep
My life will be fine for months at a time
Then I’ll break down & cry for a week
‘Cause when I told you I’d love you forever
I know you didn’t think it was true
But forever is nothin’
Compared to some nights I’ve been through
In these years after you

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