Vinson to Visalia Lyrics

The Oklahoma wind blew through his iron lung

Daddy caught the polio at three

Weaker by the day, days turned into weeks

Grandma looked to heaven on her knees – She said

"O Good Lord, won't You please heal my son?

And I promise when this trial is done I'm going from

VINSON TO VISALIA

Rollin' down this lonesome road

Leaving all this dust

Leaving all this dirt

Leaving all this hurt behind

I've got California on my mind

Grandpa was a rounder, a rambler and a bounder

Had it all but always wanted more

Grandpa loved the ladies, had a gal named Kady

Grandma found him sneakin' out the door - She told him

"When you wake up Mister we'll be gone

Me and the little man we're movin' on, from

VINSON TO VISALIA

Rollin' down this lonesome road

Leaving all this dust

Leaving all this dirt

Leaving all this hurt behind

I've got California on my mind

In Visalia mighty oak trees grow

They sink their roots from acorns into the earth below

Grandma settled down on Highway 63

Married her a good and solid man

Daddy grew up strong and it wasn't very long

'Fore he was married, too, and here I am

Half a century later on that road

Thanking my dear Grandma for carryin' that load - from

VINSON TO VISALIA

Rollin' down this lonesome road

Leaving all this dust

Leaving all this dirt

Leaving all this hurt behind

I've got California on my mind

I've got California on my mind