Daddy's Moonshine Still

Folks say my daddy wasn't much of a man
 For disobeying the laws of the land
 Folks say that my daddy wasn't fit to kill
 Oh, and I know it was true what the people said
 'Cause we'd all've been better of dead
 Than to live a life of shame and strife
 'Cause of daddy's moonshine still
 And my mama was always sweet and kind
 But she grew old before her time
 Worryin' about the way we had to live
 Yeah my daddy put the wrinkles in my mama's face
 He drunk his share of all he made
 And just one more reason I grew to hate
 My daddy's moonshine still
 Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin'
 But to break mama's heart
 And to tear our home apart
 Make our lives a livin' hell
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 Them old mason jars that daddy made us wash
 And set them out to sun on our back porch
 'Til he got ready to take 'em up on the hill
 And when daddy got word of the revenue
 He made us kids help hide his brew
 Made us swear that we never knew
 About daddy's moonshine still
 Yeah, and two of my brothers drove across the state line
 Once a week with a load of moonshine
 And the wounds that came from that won't ever heal
 'Cause on a moonshine run one rainy night
 My two brothers lost their lives
 And oh, my God, how I despise my daddy's moonshine still
 Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin'
 But to break mama's heart
 And to tear our home apart
 Make our lives a livin' hell
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 Well, it broke mama's heart but she understood
 The day that I left home for good
 But I had to find me another way to live
 Well, I sent mama money nearly every day
 But how I made it, well, I'd rather not say
 But at least it took me far away
 From daddy's moonshine still
 My bootlegging daddy was known quite well
 And he made our home a livin' hell
 And I ain't forgot it and I know that I never will
 My mama finally died, she just gave up
 And daddy finally died from drinkin' that stuff
 And bad memories haunt the rest of us
 From daddy's moonshine still
 Yeah, daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin'
 But to break mama's heart
 And to tear our home apart
 Make our lives a livin' hell