From the recording Pop Bottle Pete
Lyrics
I sing this song for Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
From our Ozark Mountain town
Where it was hard
To make ends meet
Every day on our way to school
I’d say there’s Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
He was different than us
Free as a bird
No worries and he barely spoke a word
He passed through our lives
One bottle at a time
Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
He wore thick black rimmed glasses
Overalls and ball cap
Stoppin’ for breaks to roll a smoke
Five cents and a dime
Appeared all was on his mind
For ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
He was different than us
Free as a bird
No worries and he barely spoke a word
He passed through our lives
One bottle at a time
Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
No family at home
Kids or a wife
He had them once
Tragedy took their life
Away from Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
I thought of him last night
Not sure where the memory came
Probably because I miss my home
He must of touched me somehow
In my heart my heart so deep
So here’s to you Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
He was different than us
Free as a bird
No worries and he barely spoke a word
He passed through our lives
One bottle at a time
Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete
Here’s to you Ol’ Pop Bottle Pete