Farmers Almanac

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[Verse 1]
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Well the farmer prayed for a better 
year
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And the crops were good like the 
Lord did hear
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But his barn burnt down with winter 
near
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The answer came in white and black
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In the farmer's almanac, it says
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If a man could have half his 
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wishes,    he could double his 
trouble

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A sweet old lady was eighty four
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When her kinfolks came for a month 
or more
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Now from overworked she's on the 
other shore
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Much too late with ya'll come back
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And it says in the farmer's almanac,
 it says
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Visitors and fish smell after 3 days

[Verse 2]
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Our leader was a silver-tongued man
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He deceived the people of the land
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And when he got caught he couldn't 
stand
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It's a little off-beat and a little 
off-track
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But it says in the farmer's almanac,
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 it says
Continúa después del anuncio
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In rivers and bad government, the 
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lightest things float to the top

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[Verse 3]
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Rod said I don't believe in God
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Rod died and lies beneath the sod
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Well God did not believe in Rod
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Life is a troubled and a wearied 
track
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But it says in the farmer's 
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almanac, it says
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Feed your faith and your doubts 
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will starve to death

[Verse 4]
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The little boy followed the honey 
bee
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And it flew straight to the honey 
tree
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He got stung but got the honey free
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Consolation for the things you lack
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Is in the farmer's almanac, it says
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God gives us the darkness so we 
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can see the stars

[Verse 5]
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He came home 3 hours late from work
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Said "I had a flat and fell in the 
dirt"
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She said "and got lipstick on your 
shirt"
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Well it turned out like Jill and 
Jack
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And it says in the farmer's 
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almanac, it says
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Lies have to be covered up, truth 
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can run around naked

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[Verse 6]
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He said honey you know I'm true
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I just look at other women that's 
all I do
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Then she caught him with her best 
friend Peggy Sue
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Sometimes some women will look back
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And it says in the farmer's 
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almanac, it says
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There is a lot of difference in 
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window-shoppin' and shop-liftin'

[Verse 7]
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I sat down at a shoe-shine stand
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I had a real slow shoe-shine man
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I said you don't pop that rag like 
some of 'em can
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He looked at me and then he said 
right back
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"It says in the farmer's almanac, 
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it says
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The trouble with the world today is
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 there's too much poppin' and not 
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enough shinin'"