Gentleman Jack

There's an old teddy bear resting on my bed with a brass button for an eye It dangles there by a worn out thread Won't be long before he goes blind He's got an ear stitched together with some five pound test Pulled from an old trout line Made with love from my daddy's plaid vest That he got from the five and dime It was Christmas time and we were poor back then The best things in life are free We didn't have money but we wrapped up love and put it underneath our tree I'll never forget that day I woke up And slowly walked down the stairs I saw a gift momma made just for me It was a shiny little Christmas bear Fifty years later we're tattered and torn We've both seen our better days When my head aches my heart weeps He's always there to ease my pain It was Christmas time and we were poor back then The best things in life are free We didn't have money but we wrapped up love and put it underneath our tree Now daddy's gone and momma finally passed Their souls are free to roam My bears gone blind but there's whiskey in our glass And we're smokin' a little home grown He goes by the name of Gentleman Jack He's patient and never blames He doesn't get mad and he never talks back I hope I can do the same I said he goes by the name of Gentleman Jack And we're smokin' a little homegrown He doesn't say much but he's always got my back And together we're never alone I said together we're never alone I said together we're never alone