It Takes a Heap of Living (To Make a House a Home)

I remember many years ago when I was just lad Livin' in the country with my moma and my dad It seems I can see 'em in that faded yellow light Moma sowin' on some buttons and daddy puffin' on his pipe. I can here my mother hummin' in a voice so sweet and low Keepin' time with that old rocker as she's rockin' to and fro With us youngin's gathered around her, drowsey little sleepy heads Cryin' tell us another story before you put us in to bed. And moma would stop a-rockin' and stories she would tell Stories from the family bible were the ones she knowed so well. Of a baby in a manger near a town called Bethlehem About David and Goliath and the shepard with his lands. Well, it takes a heap of living, lots of take and lots givin' Lord, It takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home Lots of work and lots of play and an awful lot of prayin' Lord, it takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home. --- Instrumental --- Well, it takes a heap of living, lots of take and lots givin' Lord, It takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home Lots of work and lots of play and an awful lot of prayin' Lord, it takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home. --- Instrumental --- Now I sit and turn the pages of this old family book My mind goes back to childhood and the tears fall where I look All the family names are listed here most of 'em have passed away And Lord, I pray the family circle will be together some day. Well, it takes a heap of living, lots of take and lots givin' Lord, It takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home Lots of work and lots of play and an awful lot of prayin' Lord, it takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home. (Takes a heap of livin' just to make a house a home...)