5.

We Were Raised On Love

Don Hill - Fred Burch

© Green Isle Music, BMI

Me and little sister got up early one mornin'
We went into town and there without any warnin'
Walked into the store of Mr JP Locket
He acted like we didn' t have a dime to put in our pocket

He said you backward children better shew out my door
All you're a doin' is muddin' up my floor
And further more you're daddy ain't paid his bill
And if he don't anti up the sheriff's gonna see that he will

Well I could feel my dander crawlin' up to ninety degrees
More for little sister than it was for me
She was too young to ever be spoiled
By a rich merchant everybody called hard boiled

And that's how it was he was mean and tough
And me and little sister we were raised on love

So I stepped up small for my fourteen years
I told Mr Locket to look at right here
Behind ever rich man you can find a crime
And lookin' at you sure brings a few to mind

I see how you go to weigh a pound of grapes
Your thumb's makin' up more than half the weight
And how come when you sack up a dozen eggs
When we get home we never count more than eight

And when our monthly bill is due you add
20 percent for your overhead
It don't seem worth more than a nickel or two
To patch up the holes in your overhead galvanized roof

And that's how it was yeah we had to be tough
And me and little sister we were raised on love

And one thing more before I leave
You better wake up yeah you better believe
I'll come back and I'll buy your store
And turn you to the street when you muddy up my floor

Well I knew I was fibbin' that was just me
I didn't have a dime for a can of beans
But law it felt good all the while
To see my little sister's face a startin' to smile

And that's how it was yeah we had to be tough
And me and little sister we were raised on love
Yeah that's how it was yeah we had to be tough
And me and little sister we were raised on love

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