Daddy Lived In Houston

[Verse 1]
By 5 AM, I was in the woods with an old tow sack
By 6 o'clock, I've made my trip to the rabbit traps and back
By 7 on the heaven's rest, and frying in the pan

[Hook]
When daddy lived in Houston, and we lived off the land

[Verse 2]
They said down in Houston workers were hard to find
That a man could make his fortune there
While we just scraped for dimes
The money was just waiting there
For those with skillfull hands

[Hook]
So daddy moved to Houston, and we lived off the land

[Verse 3]
They say they built the biggest ship that ever sailed the sea
But not all daddy's came back to mom and me
We never know the reason, but we tried to understand

[Hook]
When daddy lived in Houston, and we lived off the land

[Verse 4]
And when the war was over, dad never made it home
And I think mama knew he wouldn't come back all alone
It took a while, but now I know
It never was his plan

[Hook]
When daddy lived in Houston, and we lived off the land
When daddy lived in Houston, and we lived off the land