Abner Brown Lyrics - I Would Like To See You Again - Johnny Cash

Every town has its town bum 

I guess ours had one 

Here's a song about him, I remember him fondly 

Well his name was Abner Brown 

I knew an old drunk named Abner Brown 

And nobody knew when he came to town 

But he spread good will to his fellow men 

And they let him sleep in the cotton gin 

He could drink more brew than an army could 

But he had more friends and he did more good 

Than a lot of fine fancy people in our town 

So they tolerated Abner Brown 

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And all us kids were on his side 

'Cause he told us tales till our eyes grew wide 

And he made us feel bout ten feet tall 

'Cause he had no kids but he claimed us all 

And after school and on weekends 

You could find me down at the cotton gin 

The truest friend that I ever found was 

A good old drunk named Abner Brown 

Abner Brown, I wish that I could see you once again 

I believe that you'd stack up with all the mighty men 

I've met and known in all the low 

And higher places that I've been 

Thinking of you picks me up when I'm feeling down 

I thank the Lord for making Abner Brown 

Lord take me back to the cotton land 

To Arkansas take me home again 

Let me be the boy that I once have been 

Let me walk that road to the cotton gin 

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He's probably dead many years ago 

And gone the way that old drunks go 

But I'd still like to sit me down 

Talk to my old friend, Abner Brown 

Abner Brown, I wish 

I thank the Lord for making Abner Brown