[Verse 1]Hard workin', hard handsSweatin' like the devil with my farmer's tanMy grandfather said "Chop that woodDon't cuss at your mama, boy you got to be good"Life goes by fast take it slowOne day you're young and the next day you're oldHe used to tell me all this at our fishin' holeI used to carry all his tackle and his fishin' pole[Chorus]I can tell you stories my granddaddy told meWhen I was just a boy I'd sit on his kneeHe said "Son let me tell you aboutThe south and how it goes around here"I can tell you stories my granddaddy told meWhen I was just a boy I'd sit on his kneeHe said "Son let me tell you aboutThe south and how it goes around here"[Verse 2]My daddy wasn't there but the old man wasHe taught me how to fish, he taught me to huntAnd if I got bored he said whittle some woodOr go take that ol' dog go get lost in the woodsI stay up all night and just sit on the porchHe used to tell me stories about when he was a boyHe grew up down the hollar at the end of Lick ForkIn a little old cabin and they were so poorHe started workin' at the age of 10He left school and never went back againI'll tell ya, old boy could swing a hammer and an axeAnd when times get tough, you'd get the shirt off his back[Chorus]I can tell you stories my granddaddy told meWhen I was just a boy I'd sit on his kneeHe said "Son let me tell you aboutThe south and how it goes around here"I can tell you stories my granddaddy told meWhen I was just a boy I'd sit on his kneeHe said "Son let me tell you aboutThe south and how it goes around here"[Verse 3]I'm older, and he's gone nowBut I never forgot what we talked aboutMy grandfather told me stand up proudDon't you ever start a fight, but don't ever back downNo, no, and I miss him soIt tears up my heart, it rips my soulNow looking down the ridge where we used to goI can still hear his voice and I know he knows[Chorus]I can tell you stories my granddaddy told meWhen I was just a boy I'd sit on his kneeHe said "Son let me tell you aboutThe south and how it goes around here"I can tell you stories my granddaddy told meWhen I was just a boy I'd sit on his kneeHe said "Son let me tell you aboutThe south and how it goes around here"
