Down In The Orange Grove - John Anderson

I learned to drive my daddy’s old pickup truck\nDown in the orange grove\nI’d nearly get a whippin' when I’d get the truck stuck\nDown in the orange grove\nI wore out my first pair of Brogan shoes\nDown in the orange grove\nAnd that’s where I learned how to sing the blues\nDown in the orange grove\nI learned to pray to the lord up above\nThe very first time I ever tasted love was\nDown in the orange grove\nDown in the orange grove\nYou learn the value of a dollar when the sun gets hot\nDown in the orange grove\nThe boss wants more and you give it all you’ve got\nDown in the orange grove\nWe’d have to light the smudge pots when it’d come a freeze\nDown in the orange grove\nAnd work all night just to save the trees\nDown in the orange grove\nI never will forget all the lessons I learned\nOr the work I did for the money I earned\nDown in the orange grove\nDown in the orange grove\nWell the big freeze came; now the trees are gone\nDown in the orange grove\nThey cleared the land and they’ve built new homes\nDown in the orange grove\nThen the canker hit back in '84\nDown in the orange grove\nNow there’s shopping malls and grocery stores\nDown in the orange grove\nIt made a lot of people happy when the progress came\nBut deep down I know it won’t be the same\nDown in the orange grove\nDown in the orange grove\nDown in the orange grove