Where Did We Go Right

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Where Did We Go RightThey said I'd amount to nothingif I dropped out fo schoolbut I bought a rocky acreand some rusty farming toolsthen they said we'd never make itthat our young love wouldn't lastnow here we are at one more harvestand we can't help but askwhere did we go righthow did we get this farcos the smart money would've betwe weren't being smartbut they can't argue with success,as time passed we passed ev'ry testwhere did we go rightthey said to name our son Tristanbut we named him Joe insteadthey said we he broke those windowsdon't take him to the woodshednow our boy respects his parentsand he's not mixed up with crimeso when I think how we raised himI hafta wonder sometimeswhere did we go righthow did we get this farcos the smart money would've betwe weren't being smartbut they can't argue with success,as time passed we passed ev'ry testwhere did we go rightcall us old-fashionedsay we don't follow modern waysbut there's lotsa peoplethat look at us and saywhere did we go righthow did we get this farcos the smart money would've betwe weren't being smartbut they can't argue with success,as time passed we passed ev'ry testwhere did we go right(c)2004 Robert George