This Old Shack Lyrics

Ooo ooo la la la la

La La La

I was a poor kid grew up in an old shack

Holes in the roof some nights we shiver on the stoops

Asking God for a better home but he gave me this old shack

I see mamas tears as she looked at this old shack

Papas anger as he looked up at this old shack

This shack was all we had and yet we had nothing

But mama made it feel like home

She worked her fingers to the bone

To provide us shelter in this old shack

Papa worked the fields sun up till sun down

Sadness on his face as he looked at the old shack he couldn't replace

Caught him crying many times felt like dying many times

He couldn't provide no more than this old shack

Mama worried herself to death

Because of this old shack

But through it all this shack brought joy and love

We had marriages Christmas birthdays and many more at the old old shack

I became me here in this old old shack

Once I grew up I decided to leave this old old shack

La La

I was a poor kid grew up in an old shack

Holes in the roof some nights we shiver on the stoops

Asking God for a better home but he gave me this old shack

But every time I think back

It's the love that makes me come back

In that shack we found a way

Despite the cracks we paved our way

La La

I was a poor kid grew up in an old shack

Holes in the roof some nights we shiver on the stoops

Asking God for a better home but he gave me this old shack