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John Denver Lyrics for Song: Matthew
 Lyrics for Album: John Denver-Live In The U.S.S.R [2007]
 
 
 
 1650>I had an uncle name of Matthew
 
 he was his father's only boy
 
 born just south of Colby, Kansas
 
 he was his mother's pride and joy
 
 
 
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 Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on
 
 love was just a way to live and die
 
 gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field
 
 blue was just a Kansas summer sky
 
 
 
 And all the stories that he told me
 
 back when I was just a lad
 
 all the memories that he gave me
 
 all the good times that he'd had
 
 
 
 Growing up a Kansas farm boy
 
 life was mostly having fun
 
 riding on his daddy's shoulders
 
 behind a mule, beneath the sun
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
 
 
 Well, I guess there were some hard times
 
 and I'm told some years were lean
 
 they had a storm in'47
 
 a twister came and stripped 'em clean
 
 
 
 He lost his farm and lost his family
 
 he lost the wheat, and lost his home
 
 but he found the family Bible
 
 a faith as solid as a stone
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
 
 
 So he came to live at our house
 
 and he came to work the land
 
 he came to ease my daddy's burden
 
 and he came to be my friend
 
 
 
 And so, I wrote this down for Matthew
 
 and it's for him this song is sung
 
 riding on his daddy's shoulders
 
 behind a mule, beneath the sun
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
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| Album Lyrics: John Denver-Live In The U.S.S.R [2007] |  
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 "John Denver-Live In The U.S.S.R [2007]"
 
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