The Greatest Days Of All Lyrics - Dolly Parton

A dirt dobber built its nest 

On my only Sunday dress 

And the roof leaked in my shoes 

And when they dried they were too small 

And the rats chewed a great big hole 

In my only winter coat 

And at night I'd hear them gnaw 

The paper on my bedroom wall 

But I still say 

Those were the greatest days of all 

Some happy and some sad 

Some good and some bad 

But I still say 

Those were the greatest days of all 

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I used to wait by the garden gate 

Where the hummingbirds came ev'ry day 

To kiss the yellow roses 

Growing up the garden wall 

And in the tall grass I would lie 

'Til ev'ning shadows brought the night 

Thru the window of my room 

I'd hear the whippoorwill's sad call 

And I still say 

Those were the greatest days of all 

Some happy and some sad 

Some good and some bad 

But I still say 

Those were the greatest days of all 

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Now as I make my way 

Along the busy city sidewalks 

My head arouring from the deafening city sound 

You can't hear a whipporwill in this noisy city 

And tall green grass don't grow 

Along the sidewalks of this town 

And hummingbirds don't fly around 

These artificial roses 

Like they did around the garden wall 

And, oh, so often in my mind 

I'll go back to another time 

And I still say 

Those were the greatest days of all 

I still say 

Those were the greatest days of all