Floyd County-Dwight Yoakam

[00:00.00] It's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [00:15.90]Yeah, the grief is strong for the man that's gone [00:21.84]And at the grave his woman cries and she moans [00:27.06]'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [00:32.07]The six children he raised are all weepin' [00:37.62]For this soft-spoken mountain man [00:41.67]Who fed them with the money [00:45.57]he earned in those black mines [00:48.36]And the food he could raise with his hands [00:53.58]It's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [00:58.26]Yeah, the grief is strong for the man that's gone [01:04.17]And at the grave his woman cries and she moans [01:09.39]'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [01:14.46]Though the world knew nothing of his wisdom [01:20.01]Or the honest and simple things he did [01:25.05]There's some folks cryin' on this hillside today [01:30.63]That know about the humble way he lived [01:36.06]It's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [01:40.59]Yeah, the grief is strong for the man that's gone [01:46.47]And at the grave his woman cries and she moans [01:51.75]'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [01:56.37]Instrumental [02:07.35]Now this house in the holler stands empty [02:12.84]Though his presence in my memory is plain [02:17.91]You know that I'd swear that [02:19.23]I just saw him walkin' up that hill [02:24.54]I guess this place just won't never be the same [02:30.33]It's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones [02:34.83]Yeah, the grief is strong for the man that's gone [02:40.71]And at the grave his woman cries and she moans [02:46.02]'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones...