Dolly Parton - The Greatest Days Of All Lyrics
(Dolly Parton)A dirt dobber built its nestOn my only Sunday dressAnd the roof leaked in my shoesAnd when they dried they were too smallAnd the rats chewed a great big holeIn my only winter coatAnd at night I'd hear them gnawThe paper on my bedroom wallBut I still sayThose were the greatest days of allSome happy and some sadSome good and some badBut I still sayThose were the greatest days of allI used to wait by the garden gateWhere the hummingbirds came ev'ry dayTo kiss the yellow rosesGrowing up the garden wallAnd in the tall grass I would lie'Til ev'ning shadows brought the nightThru the window of my roomI'd hear the whippoorwill's sad callAnd I still sayThose were the greatest days of allSome happy and some sadSome good and some badBut I still sayThose were the greatest days of allNow as I make my wayAlong the busy city sidewalksMy head arouring from the deafening city soundYou can't hear a whipporwill in this noisy cityAnd tall green grass don't growAlong the sidewalks of this townAnd hummingbirds don't fly aroundThese artificial rosesLike they did around the garden wallAnd, oh, so often in my mindI'll go back to another timeAnd I still sayThose were the greatest days of allI still sayThose were the greatest days of all