Uncle Frank (Live at Flicker Bar - Athens, GA - June 20th, 2002)

[Verse 1]
Well, they powered up the city with hydro-electric juice
Now we got more electricity than we can ever use
They flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved out
But they got paid so there ain't nothin' else to think about

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Some of them made their livin' cuttin' timber down
Snakin' it one log at a time up the hill and into town
The TVA had a way to clear it off real fast
Lots of men and machinery build a dam and drown the rest

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Uncle Frank lived on the bottom, down on Cedar Creek
Bought fifteen acres when he got back home from overseas
Fifteen rocky acres, figured no one else would want
'Til all that backed up water had to have some place to go
Uncle Frank couldn't read or write
Never held down a job, or needed one in his life
They assured him there'd be work for him in town
Buildin' cars, it's already goin' down

[Guitar Solo]
And the Lord said unto [?]

[Verse 3]
Well, the cars never came to town and the roads never got built
And the price of all their power kept on goin' straight uphill
The banks around the hollow sold for lake-front property
Where doctors, lawyers and musicians teach their kids to water-ski
Uncle Frank couldn't read or write
So there was no note or letter found where he died
Just a rope around his neck and the kitchen table turned on its side

[Guitar Solo]

[Segue]
Only one last song
[?]
Thank you to Donny for havin' us here
The fine folks here at Flicker
And thank you to all o' y'all for comin' out
This song was written about a guitar player from Atlanta, Georgia named Gregory Dean Smalley
And this song's called "The Living Bubba"