Patterson Hood - Depression Era lyrics

Going bread and bu*ter milk And better clean your plate He lived through the great war And came back to his home state Married his young sweetheart Never would complain The world it keeps on changing But he did never change Depression era Lived to tell the tale Depression era And he don't never fail The boy you called him daddy Has grown in different ways The things that made him happy Have long since gone away Depression era Kicked in in red clay mud Depression era Survival's in his blood Biscuits and gravy Digs all the way Fought in the navy And made it back this way Loved his beautiful wife Now he's full of hurt A Methodist all his life But he don't go to church Depression era Some things never fade Depression era In the modern age He always rose above it But nothing's as it seems Anger has its pitfalls Like living in your dreams His dreams they are fading He'll make a final stand He'd never hit a lady But he just might k** a man Depression era Lived to tell the tale Depression era He don't never fail He don't never fail He don't never fail