Daddy's Moonshine Still Lyrics - Dolly Parton

Folks say my daddy wasn't much of a man 

For disobeying the laws of the land 

Folks say that my daddy wasn't fit to kill 

Oh and I know it was true what the people said 

Cause we'd all've been better of dead 

Than to live a life of shame and strife 

Cause of daddy's moonshine still 

My mama was always sweet and kind 

But she grew old before her time 

Worryin' about the way we had to live 

Yeah my daddy put the wrinkles in my mama's face 

He drunk his share of all he made 

And just one more reason I grew to hate 

My daddy's moonshine still 

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Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin' 

But to break mama's heart 

And to tear our home apart 

Make our lives a livin' hell 

Them old mason jars that daddy made us wash 

And set them out to sun on our back porch 

'Til he got ready to take 'em up on the hill 

And when daddy got word of the revenue 

He made us kids help hide his brew 

Made us swear that we never knew 

About daddy's moonshine still 

Yeah and two of my brothers drove across the state line 

Once a week with a load of moonshine 

And the wounds that came from that won't ever heal 

Cause on a moonshine run one rainy night 

My two brothers lost their lives 

And oh my god how I despise 

My daddy's moonshine still 

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Well it broke mama's heart but she understood 

The day that I left home for good 

But I had to find me another way to live 

Well I sent mama money nearly every day 

And how I made it, well I'd rather not say 

But at least it took me far away 

From daddy's moonshine still 

My bootlegging daddy was known quite well 

And he made our home a livin' hell 

And I ain't forgot it and I know that I never will 

My mama finally died she just gave up 

And daddy finally died from drinkin' that stuff 

And bad memories haunt the rest of us 

From daddy's moonshine still 

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