_Just Like Woody Guthrie_ by The Gillroyd Parade I was born in 1912, I came out at quite a lick Nobody quite noticed but seems I made my momma sick Daddy bought me presents he'd paid for with his fists and his knees Just so I could grow to sing songs like Woody Guthrie's My Gramma sold groceries, regardless of ilk She let me drive the horses, sometimes e'en carry the milk My Uncle killed kittens with his hands in a squeeze Just so I could grow to sing songs like Woody Guthrie's Well our house got burned down when no-one was home Our second was put in by an evil cyclone And Clara burnt dead in the next unfortunately All so I could sing song's like Woody Guthrie Ain't it hard when they throw stones as hot as coals? Ain't it hard when they're cooped up in the Ganghouse you stole? Ain't it hard when they make you pay for something you thought was free? All so you can grow up, sing songs like Woody Guthrie We hitched out of Okemah so that Pa could get him a job When we got there Depression had the whole place in it's gob There was nothing but grit for Ma, Pa, Roy and me Just so I could grow and sing songs like Woody Guthrie I set out on my own selling what I found in the junk I weren't too comfy, had to use an old crate as a bunk I cought a fever so bad it nearly damn burnt up me All so I could grow up, sing songs like Woody Guthrie I hauled out of Texas hobo'ed on a freight train I burnt in the desert, then froze, then got burnt again Hiding from the bulls, dirty, cold and hungry Just so I could grow up singing songs like Woody Guthrie The Church won't give you nothing, the cops move you on You'll only get eats from the folk who have none They'll share their bread and their grease and blankets for no fee All so you can grow up, sing songs like Woody Guthrie _Chords_ A I was born in 1912, I came out at quite a lick A Nobody quite noticed but seems I made my momma sick D A Daddy bought me presents he'd paid for with his fists and his knees E E7 Just so I could grow to sing songs like Woody Guthrie's