Name: Precious Years
Duration: 4 min 43 s
Channel: Clark Reid
Description: "Precious Years" is a song by Don M Smythe. Cover - Written and Recorded by Clark Reid

Precious Years

Don M Smythe

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Cover - Written and Recorded by Clark Reid

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Don M Smythe

Country music singer, guitar musician, country promotions. A genuine true-blue Country advocate and supporter of New Zealand Country Music at all levels.

Country music singer, guitar musician, and country promotions. A genuine true-blue Country advocate and supporter of New Zealand Country Music at all levels.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Traditional Country

Charts

Peak #76

Peak in subgenre #10

Author

Clark Reid

Uploaded

June 01, 2021

Track Files

MP3

MP3 10.8 MB • 320 kbps • 4:43

Lossless

WAV 47.6 MB

Story behind the song

My Cover version of Clark Reid's song, written by Clark Reid.

Lyrics

Precious Years    2/2 1/16th Bluegrass Ballad feel    Tempo 63 BPM

KEY A                       
Instrumental: 
VERSE 1.
Daddy plays the honky tonks  and he lives------ out on the road,
He hasn’t seen his little ones,---- Since the last big Christmas Show
Blindly each night he goes on  and he plays his old guitar
and cries on through-- another night
as he wonders how they are....

CHORUS:
He’s a Daddy--- but he doesn’t know how  To fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him, Those--- little ones who care
He sings the songs--- to make his name
And he hopes--- he might get there
But the little ones,  just want Daddy
And he’s losing-- Precious years.

VERSE 2.
Drinking  is his only-- comfort
But each bottle-- makes him worse
Last night he forgot the words to,--- Every second verse
He hides away-- until the day
He can make-- his little ones proud
But they don’t care what Daddy does, So long-- as he’s around

CHORUS REPEATS:

Turnaround: 

VERSE 3.
He’s loved just-- for who he is,  They don’t care-- what he does
But he doesn’t feel good enough, To deserve-- his little ones
The years have all--- passed them now
And time-- has slipped away
But they’re all here-- together now,  They’ll bury him today

BRIDGE:
And just before he closed his eyes 
The last thing he said out loud
I love you both my little ones
I hope I made you proud

CHORUS:
He’s a Daddy--- but he doesn’t know how  To fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him, Those--- little ones who care
He sings the songs--- to make his name
And he hopes--- he might get there
But the little ones, just want Daddy
And he’s losing-- Precious years.
And the little ones just wanted Daddy
And he lost those Precious Years.  OUTRO

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