
Queenie Mullinix
Even cowgirls get the country, jazzy blues.
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Lyrics
A Better Place
Written By: Queenie Mullinix, Billy G Terry
Tim's my friend and nearest neighbor
Lives 3 miles down in a double wide trailer
He lost an arm in Afghanistan
In the Army he worked on tanks & trucks
Helped me fix my John Deere up
Winks and says "call me when you need a hand"
He don't waste time on sad stories or feeling sorry for himself
There's way more to this man than a purple heart
Sittin' on a shelf
CHORUS
He don't walk too proud and he don't talk too loud
Always has a kind word and a smile on his face
He's seen trouble, but he stays humble
Doin' little things with amazing faith
And when he leaves this world
He's gonna leave this world
A better place
Elijah was a railroad porter
Provides for his wife and daughter
Still plows up his garden every spring
He never got an education
Sent his girl to college scrimpin' and savin'
Shares with anyone who has a need
Takes troubled kids from the mission fishin' off old town bridge
Some folks see him as a poor man
But he'll say "my life's been rich"
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Me & Tim still fish off the old town bridge
And reminisce about the man
Elijah's gone but his spirit lives on
In the boys he saved back then
Yeah he was always telling us...
Don't walk too proud, don't talk too loud
Always keep a kind word and a smile on your face
You'll see trouble, just stay humble
Doin' little things with amazing faith
And when you leave this world
Leave this world a better place