He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
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with his little play mate outside the gate
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He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
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At the home of his tiny play mate
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Then he saw his daddy watching too
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As the men swiftly walked to the cottage door
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He knew they were strangers that came from the town
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Men he had never seen before
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They soon went to work when he heard his daddy say
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Our neighboors are moving today
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"Oh no" he cried dear God don't let it be
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They can't take my sweetheart away
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I know Dad you don't understand
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How a heart so young could conceive a plan
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I'm only 7 now but it's just like you say
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Daddy some day I'll be a man
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The man who owns the farm where your playmates do live
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He told me it has to be this way
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For winter time has come and the work is all done
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That's why they are moving today
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Let us buy the farm so they can stay
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And give them all the toys that dear Santa gave
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And give them all my pennies in my little piggy bank
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Pennies that my darling help me save
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Tiny Broken Heart
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| Alison Krauss |
