Curtains Of Old Joes House

C My Daddy Made His Living G7 C In A Little Southern Town F And After school was over C G7 I would help him with his rounds F He'd sit there in his pick-up truck C While I wore out me shoes But he'd already walk beside me G7 C When I went up to old Joe's C Like all the other kids in town G7 C I'd never seen his face F Though I used to leave his groceries C G7 At the backdoor of his place F And I knew somebody lived there C 'cause in the morning they'd be gone But the curtains of Old Joe's House G7 C Were always tightly drawn G7 C F C They say that in his younger days he'd loved another man And when that small town started talking G7 His friend died by his own hand C There whispers among the women F C Hard Talk among the men But the Curtains of old Joe's house G7 C Were never pulled again C I could tell you were this happened G7 C But I think you ought to know F That right there where you're living C G7 There are people like Old Joe F For each of us has secrets C That we keep on the backroom shelves Keep them hidden from our neighbours G7 And often from ourselves C But everybodies got the right G7 C To be the way they are F If you're not hurting someone else C G7 Then you've not gone to far F So before you start to criticise C The lives that others lead Take a good look in the mirror G7 C And be sure of what you see G7 C F C They say that in his younger days he'd loved another man And what went on beteween them G7 No one there could understand C There were whispers among the women F C Hard talk among the men But the curtains of old Joes's house G7 C Were never pulled again