Song For A Carpenter

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[Verse 1]

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Oh, he makes his life as a carpenter
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He works his hands in wood
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And he lives the way his granddad
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Might have liked and understood

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He goes to work each morning
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And he comes home every night
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And the time that passes in between
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He knows has been spent right

[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]

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A child in South Ohio
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A man in Northern Maine
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He took his dream to the end of the world
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And he brought it back again

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Here he met his sweet Rebekah
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Here he came to make his stand
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In a house he built in the piny woods
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Where the ocean meets the land

[Chorus]

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And it's hey ho, steady as you go
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Sing for the love of the land
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Hey ho, blessed is the home
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Born of the carpenter's hand

[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]

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Oh, his hair is rough and curly
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And his legs they reach the ground
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And his eyes are full of living
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And his back is broad and brown

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And his heart is sure and stubborn
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And his pride's too strong to bend
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And somewhere in his life he found
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The time to be my friend

[Chorus]

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And it's hey ho, steady as you go
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Sing for the love of the land
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Hey ho, blessed is the home
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Born of the carpenter's hand

[Intro]

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[Verse 4]

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Oh, he loves his sweet Rebekah
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He'll love her 'til his death
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And she gave to him a bonny son
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And they named the child Seth

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And now they are a family
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A community of three
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Living in the piny woods
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Where the soil meets the sea

[Chorus]

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And it's hey ho, steady as you go
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Sing for the love of the land
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Hey ho, blessed is the home
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Born of the carpenter's hand
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Born of the carpenter's hand

[Outro]

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