It Sure Was Better Back Then Lyrics - Steve Forbert

It Sure Was Better Back Then - Steve Forbert 

Live version - Folk Live from Mountain Stage 

(guitar Intro) 

Working on the Georgia Line the live long day 

Ninety nine degrees and only half past May 

Nailing down the metal with the crosstime blues 

I had creosote all over my shoes 

I hated it, you know, now I find I miss it 

Every time my little pension check rolls in 

Course I had it bad... not as bad as this is 

It sure was better back then 

yeah It sure was better back then 

Working in the rain beneath surplus tarp 

Foreman in the wagon twanging a sad Jews harp 

Passing out at night still in my mud caked jeans 

I was living off of berries and beans 

I hated it, you know, now I swear I miss it 

Every time I look down on my pale white skin 

Course I had it bad... not as bad as this is 

It sure was better back then 

It sure was better back then 

(guitar lead) 

Well, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled 

Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread 

Sit me by the camp, gonna have the cook clean pans 

And scrub them down with Georgia red sand... 

I hated it, you know, now I really I miss it 

Staring in my TV till the broadcast ends 

Course I had it bad... not as bad as this is 

It sure was better back then 

It sure was better back then 

It sure was better back... one more time... 

It sure was better back then 

(guitar lead) 

(spoken over guitar lead) Let's go on off with 'em (??) 

...Some kind of beat happenin' (audience clapping) 

...that's gonna do, that's good... (??) 

Well, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled 

Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread 

Sit me by the camp, gonna have the cook clean pans 

And scrub them down with Georgia red sand... 

I hated it, you know, now I really I miss it 

Starin' in the TV till the broadcast ends 

Course I had it bad... not as bad as this is 

It sure was better back then 

It sure was better back then 

It sure was better back... one more time... 

It sure was better back then 

(guitar out)