Front Porch Picker
There's a front porch picker on the Jefferson Road
He's got a five string banjo, but nothin' else to show
Had a four lane highway drop in his front yard
He didn't even get a driveway 'cause he's never owned a car.
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But he's never gonna stop, never gonna stop
Pickin' away the blues
He's never gonna stop, never gonna stop
It's all he's got to lose
He learned by playin' to a pocket radio
But they sold that station that ran the Opry shows
Now he tunes it out and thinks back how it used to be
To catch Will's Texas Playboys and the Carter Family
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Bridge
And those old cracked fingers, they won't slow him down
And someday he figures, he'll stop pickin' when he hits the ground
There's a brand new Walmart where the house once stood
And the sounds from a banjo playing still sound good
He sits in a rocker with a blue vest on
He'll greet you in the doorway and play your favorite song
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