Dear The Man Lyrics

Dear the man I never knew

Your daughter says I sound just like you

And every time she hears me play

Says it brings back a memory

Of bluegrass standards and old church hymns

Steel guitars and mountain mandolins

You smiled and strummed your old six string

And listened to her momma sing

If I could only hear you play

If you could only sing with me

It'd probably make my nana cry

If only just one time

An eight year old kid in East Kentucky

It's time to quit school to help the family

Probably never thought your people would have more to show

Than broken backs and lungs full of coal

I own three guitars and a Marshall amp

That you couldn't afford in a coal camp

So you just whistled I'll fly away

To get you through your work each day

If you could only see the things

You worked so hard to give me

You'd probably be amazed

At how much your coal sweat gave

Now my cousin picks a guitar

And your little boy beats a drum

My brother, hell, he knows a little bit of everything

Just look at what you've become

If you could only see us play

If you could only hear us sing

I promise you would see

A little Appalachian legacy