Grandpa was a carpenter (video)

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1. Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day,

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no particular reason, he just dressed that way.

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Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes,

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he built a closet on our back porch

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and put a penny in a burned-out fuse.

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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks,

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chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks.

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He would level on the level, he shaved even every door,

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and voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war.

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2. Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle"

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and rock me on his knee,

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and let me listen to the radio before we got TV.

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Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him, too,

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stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew.

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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks,

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chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks.

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He would level on the level, he shaved even every door,

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and voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war.

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3. Now my Grandma was a teacher, went to school in Bowling Green,

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traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine.

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Well, she called her husband "Mister," and she walked real tall in pride,

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she used to buy me comic books after grandpa died.

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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks,

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chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks.

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He would level on the level, he shaved even every door,

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and voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war.

(orig. = capo 4th) (John Prine)