Vance
Roger Miller

He was born one mornin' it was cold and it was snowin'

And from the start he never had a chance

And though the doctors said he couldn't live his mama had some faith to give

And they brought him to her and his mama named him Vance

He was sick a long time then I used to sit by him

I'd rub his head he would squeeze my hand

But he never cried he'd grit his teeth and smile at me cause he couldn't speak

And that's when I began to respect the little man

And I think Vance was three right about then

He started school and one day he came home and at the doorway

I could tell the little man didn't want to come inside

He'd met a girl but her boyfriend Smitty

Had caught him walkin' home with her and nearly killed Vance

But then Vance never cried and the only thing that Smitty hurt was pride

And he said papa do you become a man when you're twenty one

And I said age doesn't make a man a man my son

He looked at me so puzzled with eyes so young and kind

And I think Vance was seven about that time

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I guess they say that first love is the very best

At least it was with Vance cause he'd scratched Becky on his desk

But Becky went with Smitty and Vance was very small

And he used to dream what it'd be like to be tall

And then a few years later Vance came in one day

And told me and his mama that he had to go away

To be fitted for a uniform and though his mama she'd a tear

He kissed her and said he'd see us in two years

And he looked at me and said papa I'm gonna be a man

Well two years to the day Vance came walkin' in the driveway

And I didn't recognize him from his size till he got near

He came in and he hugged his mama

And said hey papa little man wanna go with me somewhere and grab a beer

So we're sittin' at this table when this fella at the bar started buggin' Vance

Callin' him soldier but Vance kept his cool

And he said papa that guy is Smitty and he's to be pitied now

Cause that's the same guy that used to bully me in school

Then Smitty said the wrong thing when he brought up Becky's name

And Vance finally stood and said boy what did you say

And it did my heart so much good when Vance hit ole Smitty

And it took two of Smitty's friends to carry him away

Well Vance left the very next mornin' and it was cold and it was snowin'

And from the first life hadn't been much fun

But he had finally made a stand and he'd become a self made man

And incidentally he had just turned twenty one


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  (and You Had A) Do-Wacka-Do   12Th Of Never   A Heartache For A Keepsake   A Million Years Or So   A WORLD I CAN'T LIVE IN   A WORLD I CAN'T LIVE IN   A World So Full Of Love   Absence   Ain't That Fine   Ain't That Fine   ALL FALL DOWN   All I Love Is You   Arkansas   As Long As There's A Shadow   AS LONG AS THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A SHADOW   As Long As Thereâ??s A Shadow   Atta Boy Girl   Baby Me Baby   Best Of All Possible Worlds   Big Harlan Taylor   Billy Bayou   Boeing Boeing 707   Burma Shave   Burning Bridges   But I Love You More   By The Time I Get To Phoenix   CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU   Can't Stop Loving You   Cant Roller ScateIn A Buffalo Herd   Chug a Lug   Chug-A-Lug   Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller   Chugalug   Colonel Maggie   Country Girl   CRYSTAL DAY   Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit   DAD BLAME ANYTHING A MAN CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T QU...   Dad Blame Anything A Man Canâ??t Quit   Dang Me   Darby's Castle   Darby's Castle   Dark Side Of The Moon   Days Of Our Wives   Dear Heart   Disco Man   Do Wacka Do   Do You Wanna Go To Heaven   Do-Wacka-Do   Don't We All Have The Right   Don't We All Have the Right to Be Wrong   DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT   Don't We All Have The Right   Engine #9   Engine Engine   Engine Engine #9   Engine Engine No.9   Engine, Engine #9   Engine, Engine No. 9   ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE   England Swing   England Swings   Every Which A Way   EVERY WHICH-A-WAY   EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'   Everybody's Talkin'   Everything's Coming Up Roses   Everything's Coming Up Roses   Everythings Coming Up Roses   Fair Swiss Maiden   Feel Of Me   Footprints In The Snow   Fraulein   Freedom   Gentle On My Mind   Good Old Days   GOT 2 AGAIN   Got Two Again   Green Green Grass Of Home   Guv'ment   GUV\u00e2\u20ac\u2122MENT   Guvâ??ment   Half A Mind   Hand For The Hog   Hard Headed Me   Heartaches By The Number   Heartbreak Hotel   Hey Good Lookin'   Hey Good Lookin'   Hey Little Star   Hey Would You Hold It Down   HITCH-HIKER   Hitchhiker   Home   Honey   Husbands And Wives   Husbands and Wives [*]   Husbands and Wives [New Stereo Recording]   I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight   I Ain't Coming Home Tonight   I Ain't Gonna Work No More   I AIN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T COMING HOME TONIGHT   I AIN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T GONNA WORK NO MORE   I Ain't Coming Home Tonight   I Ain't Gonna Work No More   I Aint Never   I Believe In The Sunshine   I Catch Myself Crying   I Get Up Early In The Morning   I KNOW WHO IT IS   I Love A Rodeo   I Wish I Could Fall In Love Today   I'd Come Back To Me   I'LL BE SOMEWHERE   I'll Pick Up My Heart & Go Home   I'll Pick Up My Heart And Go Home   I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend   I've Been a Long Time Leavin (But I'll Be a Long T...   I've Been A Long Time Leavin'   I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN' (But I'll Be A Long ...   I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long ...   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122D COME BACK TO ME   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122LL PICK UP MY HEART AND GO HOME   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M GONNA TEACH MY HEART TO BEND   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122VE GOTTEN USED TO THE CRYIN\u00...   I'll Be Somewhere   I'll Pick Up My Heart & Go Home   I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend   I've Been A Long Time Leavin'   Iâ??d Come Back To Me   If I Ever Fall In Love   If You Want Me To   In The Summertime   In The Summertime (you Don't Want My Love)   Indian Giver   Invitation To The Blues   It Happened Just That Way   It Takes All Kinds To Make A World   IT'S A MIRACLE THAT YOU'RE MINE   It's A Miracle That You're Mine   Jason Fleming   Jimmy Brown The Newsboy   Jody And The Kid   Kansas City Star   King Of The Road   Lady America   Last Word In Lonesome Is Me   Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go   Leavinâ??s Not The Only Way To Go   Less And Less   Less and Less [#]   Less Of Me   Little Green Apples   Little Green Apples (1968)   LITTLE TOY TRAINS   Lock, Stock and Teardrops   Lock, Stock, And Teardrops   Lou's Got The Flu   LOU\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GOT THE FLU   Louâ??s Got The Flu   Love Is Not For Me   Loving Her Was Easier   Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do ...   Loving You Is Always On My Mind   MAMA USED TO LOVED ME BUT SHE DIED   Me And Bobbie McGee   Me And Bobby Mcgee   Meanwhile Back In Abilene   Million Years Or So   Moon Is High   Muddy Water   My Ears Should Burn   My Ears Should Burn (when Fools Are Talked About)   My Elusive Dreams   My Pillow   My Uncle Used To Love But She Died   My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died   My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died (1966)   Mystery Train   Na-Nominee   Not In Nottingham   Nothing Can Stop My Love   Oklahoma Woman   Old Friends   Old Toy Trains   One Dyin And A Buryin   One Dyin' And A Buryin'   One Dying And A Burying   Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line   Oo-De-Lally   Oo-De-Lally (Disney's Robin Hood)   Oo-De-Lally [From Robin Hood Suite]   Oo-De-Lally [From Robin Hood- Prince of Thieves]   Oo-De-Lally [From Robin Hood]   Open Up Your Heart   Our Hearts Will Play The Music   Our Little Love   OUR LOVE   Pardon This Coffin   Pillow   Playboy   Please Release Me   PLEASING THE CROWD   Poor Little John   Precious Baby   Private John Q   Private John Q.   Qua La Linta   Rainbow Valley   Raincarnation   Reincarnation   Riddle   RINGING UP ROSIE   River In The Rain   Roll Away   Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)   Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town   Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town   Shame Bird   SHANNON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SONG   Shannonâ??s Song   Some Hearts Get All The Breaks   Some People Make It   SOMEWHERE THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A LADY   Somewhere There's A Lady   Sorry Willie   Sorry, Willie   South   Squares Make The World Go Round   Stephen Foster   Sunny Side Of My Life   Swing Low Swingin' Chariot   Swing Low, Swinging Chariot   Swiss Cottage Place   Swiss Maid   T.J's LAST RIDE   Tall Tall Trees   That's The Way I Feel   That's The Way It's Always Been   That's Why I Love You Like I Do   THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S THE WAY I FEEL   THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN   That's The Way I Feel   That's The Way It's Always Been   That's Why I Love You Like I Do   The 4Th Of July   The Animal Of Man   The Best of All Possible Worlds   THE DAY I JUMPED FROM UNCLE HARVEY\u00e2\u20ac\u21...   The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harveyâ??s Plane   The Fool   The Hat   The King of the Road   The King of the Road   The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me   The Man Who Stayed In Monterey   THE MOON IS HIGH   The Moon Is High (And So Am I)   The Numbers Song   THE OPERA AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS   The Opera Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings   The Riddle   The Tom Green County Fair   THE YESTER WALTZ   There I Go Dreamin'   There I Go Dreamin'   There's Nobody Like You   THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NOBODY LIKE YOU   This Town   TIPS OF MY FINGERS   Tolivar   Tomorrow Night In Baltimore   Tomorrow Night in Baltimore [*]   Train Of Life   Trouble On The Turnpike   UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN   Walkin' In The Sunshine   WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE   WANDA IGUANA   Water Dog   What I'd Give (to Be The Wind)   What I'd Give to Be the Wind   What Would My Mama Say   When a House (Is Not a Home)   When A House Is Not A Home   When Two Worlds Collide   Where Have All The Average People Gone   With Pen In Hand   WON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122TCHA COME BE MY FRIEND   Wonâ??tcha Come Be My Friend   Working Girl   World I Can't Live In   World So Full Of Love   You Can't Do Me This Way   You Can't Do Me This Way (and Get By)   You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd   You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Heard   You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd   You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd   You Cant Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd   You Didn't Have To Be So Nice   YOU DIDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T HAVE TO BE SO NICE   You Didnâ??t Have To Be So Nice   You Don't Want My Love   You Oughta Be Here With Me   YOU'RE A PART OF ME   YOU'RE FORGETTING ME   You're My Kingdom   You're Part Of Me   You're Forgetting Me   You're My Kingdom   You're Part Of Me

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