Daddy's Moonshine Still Lyrics

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

Chorus:

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

Repeat Chorus

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

Repeat Chorus

Dolly Parton - The Tour Collection

Jul 2008

1. Love Is Like a Butterfly
2. Cowgirl and the Dandy
3. Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight
4. But You Know I Love You
5. Most of All Why
6. Falling out of Love with Me
7. Bubbling Over
8. Yellow Roses
9. Fool for Your Love
10. I Will Always Love You [Original Version]
11. Because I Love You
12. Sweet Music Man
13. You Are
14. Real Love
15. Lovin' You
16. I'll Make Your Bed
17. Love with Me
18. Hold Me
19. Sweet Summer Lovin'
20. Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)
21. (Your Life Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
22. Life's Like Poetry
23. Help!
24. Boulder to Birmingham
25. Release Me
26. Once in a Very Blue Moon
27. In the Ghetto
28. Harper Valley Pta
29. Games People Play
30. Put a Little Love in Your Heart
31. Starting Over Again
32. Even a Fool Would Let Go
33. Great Balls of Fire
34. Time for Me to Fly
35. Save the Last Dance for Me
36. Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
37. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
38. The Carroll County Accident
39. Detroit City
40. Wings of a Dove
41. Just the Way I Am
42. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
43. What Will Baby Be
44. Daddy's Working Boots
45. JJ Sneed
46. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
47. Daddy Come and Get Me
48. Take Me Back
49. Blackie, Kentucky
50. Robert
51. Chas
52. My Tennessee Mountain Home
53. Chicken Every Sunday
54. Mama Say a Prayer
55. I'm Doing This for Your Sake
56. Early Morning Breeze
57. Green Eyed Boy
58. Daddy's Moonshine Still
59. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man
60. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
61. Romeo
62. I Really Don't Want to Know
63. Islands in the Stream
64. Full Circle
65. Rockin' Years
66. Whenever Forever Comes
67. When You Tell Me That You Love Me
68. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
69. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
70. Everything Is Beautiful (In Its Own Way)
71. Lovesick Blues
72. I Still Miss Someone
73. I Feel the Blues Movin' In
74. Love Is Strange
75. Baby It's Cold Outside
76. When I Get Where I'm Going
77. More Where That Came From
78. Hush-A-Bye Hard Times
79. A Violet and a Rose
80. Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark