My Idaho Home

Momma and Daddy raised me with love and care [lovin' care?]

They sacrificed, so I could have a better share

They fed me and nursed me and sent me to school

Momma taught me how to sing, Daddy lived the Golden Rules

When I think of the people alone and afraid

Abandoned in wild like a fatherless child

I think of my Momma and how she could sing

In harmony with my Daddy, our laughter would ring.

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Down the highway, on the beaches

Just as far as memory reaches

I still hear Daddy singin' his old Army songs

We'd laugh and count horses as we rode along.

We were young then, we were together

We could bear floods and fire and bad weather

And now that I'm older, grown up on my own

I still love Momma and Daddy best in my Idaho home.

Momma grew up on the prairies of Kansas

She was tender and sweet.

The dust and tornadoes blew round her

But they left her straight up on her feet.

My Daddy grew up on his own, more or less

His Momma died when he was just eleven.

He had seven sisters to raise him.

But he dreamed of his Momma in heaven.

His Daddy drank whiskey and had a sharp eye.

He sold chicken medicine farmers would buy.

Together they hunted the fields and the farms

When his daddy died, my Daddy rested in my Momma's arms.

(repeat chorus)

Down the highway, on the beaches

Just as far as memory reaches

I still hear Daddy singin' his old Army songs

We'd laugh and count horses as we drove along.

We were young then, we were together

We could bear floods and fire and bad weather

And now that I'm older, grown up on my own

I still love Momma and Daddy best in my Idaho home.

And now that I'm older, grown up on my own

I still love my Mom and Daddy best in my Id-a-ho ho-o-ome.