No-Account Kid

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A No-Account Kid

My Dad was a drunk an’ my Ma was a mess,

and they figured that I would turn out even less.

Got no recognition for things that I did,

and they openly called me their no-account kid.

Up over the hill, near the Grey Possum Stream,

lived a girl who was loved and encouraged to dream.

Adored from from her toes to her little brown curl,

her wise parents called her their grow-up-great-girl.

I was a no-account guy from a no-account place

with a no-account car and a no-account face,

had a no-account dog, but I’m someone tonight,

with that grow-up-great gal a holdin’ me tight.

Well that gal gave me faith I could be somethin’ more,

and I noticed the world was a wide-open door.

Saved up,, went to college, and got a degree,

and I found life could be something better for me.

Cause that grow-up-great-gal married no-account me,

got some grow-up-great kids, and it’s easy to see,

that she brought me the dream of a happier life,

when the no-account-kid found his grow-up-great-wife.

I was a no-account guy from a no-account place

with a no-account car and a no-account face

had a no-account dog, but I’m someone tonight,

with that grow-up-great gal a holdin’ me tight.